Years active
1791-1795
Stage Name // Legal/Birth Name
Euphrosyne Löf
Category
Breeches Roles
Country of Origin
Sweden
Day Birth – Day Death
1772-1828
Bio
In 1791, Euphrosyne Löf made her successful stage debut at The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden. Euphrosyne was among one of the first well-known Swedish actresses to play a breeches role. […]
Years active
1790 – 1800
Stage Name(s)
Lisette Stenberg
Category
Breeches Role
Country of Origin
Sweden
Birth – Death
1770 – 1847
Bio
Lisette Stenberg was a Swedish opera singer, stage actress and pianist. In 1790, she took on a breeches role as Marquis Razilli in Bertin d’Antilly’s play L’Anglais à Paris to great acclaim. Lisette […]
Years active
1787 – 1810
Stage Name(s)
Inga Aberg
Category
Breeches Role
Country of Origin
Sweden
Birth – Death
1773 – 1837
Bio
Inga Aberg was a Swedish actress in The Royal Dramatic Theatre and an opera singer in The Royal Swedish Opera between 1787 to 1810. On May 31, 1787 at the age of fourteen, […]
Years active
1785 – 1811
Stage Name(s)
Elisabet Forsselius, Elisabet Haeffner, Elisabet Fahlgren
Category
Breeches Roles
Country of Origin
Sweden
Birth – Death
1771 – 1850
Bio
Elisabet Forsselius was a Swedish actress and opera singer who belonged to the esteemed group of performers who began The Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden in 1788 led […]
Years active
1690 – 1705
Stage Name(s)
Mademoiselle de Maupin, La Maupin
Category
Breeches Roles
Country of Origin
France
Birth – Death
1673 – 1707
Bio
Mademoiselle de Maupin was born Julie D’Aubigny around the year 1673 in Paris, France. Despite living a mere 33 years, her life was filled with adventure, intrigue, danger and torrid […]
Years active
1688 – 1709
Stage Name // Legal/Birth Name
Anne Bracegirdle
Country of Origin
United Kingdom, England
Category
Breeches Roles
Day Birth – Day Death
1673 – 1748
Bio
She was the daughter of Martha and Justinian Bracegirdle, who was believed to be a coachman. There are conflicting records on Anne’s life so the precise date […]
Years active
1685-1723
Stage Name(s)
Susanna Centlivre
Category
Breeches Roles
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Day Birth – Day Death
c. 1669 – 1723
Bio
Susanna Centlivre was an actress, poet, and playwright. She was widely considered one of the most influential female playwrights of the eighteenth century. Several of her plays remained popular well into […]
Years active
1681-1703
Stage Name(s)
Susanna Percival, Susanna Mountfort, Susanna Verbruggen
Category
Breeches Roles
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Birth – Death
1667–1703
Bio
Susanna Verbruggen was a successful and popular actress especially known for playing breeches roles during the English Restoration. Her acclaim was playing a stock character, the Restoration rake, which was a womanising […]
Years active
1679 – 1709
Stage Name(s)
Anne Bracegirdle
Category
Breeches Roles
Country of Origin
United Kingdom
Birth – Death
1673 – 1748
Bio
In 1679, Anne Bracegirdle began her acting career at the age of six playing the role of page boy in Mustapha, and in 1680, she again played the role of the page […]
Years active
1603 – c.1629
Stage Name(s)
Izumo no Okuni 出雲阿国
Category
Male Impersonator
Country of Origin
Japan
Birth – Death
1572 – Unknown
Bio
Izumo no Okuni was an alternative performer who dressed as an outsider man (in Japanese : Kabuki mono / 傾奇者, the one leaning to the weird side). Okuni led her own […]