Siddons
[sidnz]
Definition
(noun.) English actress noted for her performances in Shakespearean roles (1755-1831).
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Examples
- Doesn't she remind you of Mrs. Scott-Siddons when she reads 'Lady Geraldine's Courtship'? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Lady Southdown rose up as magnificent as Mrs. Siddons in Lady Macbeth and ordered that horses might be put to her carriage. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
Checked by Irving