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Frances Anne Kemble (Fanny Kemble) (1809- 1893), the actress and author, was actor Charles Kemble's eldest daughter. She was born in London, and educated chiefly in France. She first appeared on the stage on October 26, 1829 as Juliet at Covent Garden. She published the first volume of her memoirs, Journal in 1835, and in 1863, another, Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation (dealing with life on the Georgia plantation), as well as a volume of plays, including translations from Alexandre Dumas, pere and Friedrich Schiller. These were followed by Records of a Girlhood (1878), Records of Later Life (1882), Notes on Some of Shakespeare's Plays (1882), Far Away and Long Ago (1889), and Further Records (1891). Her various volumes of reminiscences contain much valuable material illuminating the social and dramatic history of the period.