Harriet Smithson
Harriet Constance Smithson (18 March 1800 – 3 March 1854), who also went by Henrietta Constance Smithson, Harriet Smithson Berlioz, and Miss H.C. Smithson, was an Anglo-Irish Shakespearean actress of the 19th century, best known as the first wife and muse of Hector Berlioz.
Harriet Smithson | |
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Harriet Smithson by Dubufe, c. 1828. Musee Magnin, Dijon | |
| Born | Harriet Constance Smithson 18 March 1800 |
| Died | 3 March 1854 (aged 53) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Shakespearean actress |
| Years active | 1814–1837 |
| Spouse |
Hector Berlioz
(m. 1833; died 1854) |
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