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Gwyn, Nell (Eleanor) |
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Gwyn (or Gwynn), Nell (Eleanor) (1650-1687)) A portrait of Nell Gwyn, who started her acting career at the age of 15 years and in 1669 became the mistress of Charles II, whom she bore two sons. The diarist Samuel Pepys, a contemporary, called her ‘pretty, witty Nell’. English comedy actor from 1665. She was formerly an orange-seller at Drury Lane Theatre, London. The poet Dryden wrote parts for her, and from 1669 she was the mistress of Charles II. |
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