Meggie Albanesi was born on October 8, 1899 in London, England as Margherita Cecila Brigida Lucia Maria Albanesi. She was an actress, known for The House Surrounded (1922), Mr. Wu (1919) and Darby and Joan (1919). She died on December 9, 1923 in Broadstairs, Kent, England.
Promising Italo-British stage and silent film ingénue (born in London) who earned strong kudos as a teen but died suddenly at age 24 before fulfilling her prophecy.
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Came from a heady family. Her father, Chevalier Carlo Albanesi, was an Italian musician who tutored royal children; her mother, Maria Albanesi, was the novelist of 29 books.
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Trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts at age 16 and received the schools Bancroft Medal for her Lady Teazle in Sheridan's "The School for Scandal".
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Plagued by ill health in the last few months of her life, she was taken extremely ill to a nearby hospital while on a train to Kent in order to check herself into a nursing home. Her death was due to an infection following a burst intestinal abscess.