Baddeley, Sophia (1745-1786)

English actor and singer. She played Ophelia at Drury Lane in 1765, and

was a noted singer but squandered her money and became addicted to laudanum. She escaped her creditors by fleeing to Edinburgh, where she continued to perform until her death.

Baddeley is believed to have been born in London. She eloped in 1763 with the actor Robert Baddeley (1732-1794), but the marriage was brief.