Georgina George
Georgina George later Lady Oldmixon or Mrs Oldmixon ( – February 3, 1835) was a British English singer and actress known as well in America after she emigrated as Mrs Oldmixon.
Georgina George (Mrs Oldmixon) | |
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| Born | |
| Died | February 3, 1835 |
| Nationality | Great Britain |
| Other names | Lady Oldmixon |
| Occupation | actor and singer |
| Known for | singing |
| Spouse(s) | Sir John Oldmixon |
Oxford
George was born in Oxford but the date in not known. She began four seasons of singing in Oxford when she made her debut at the Holywell Music Room, Oxford, on 11 February 1779. Her father appears on her behalf during his 1780 dispute with the cello player G.Morello who was annoyed that Georgina had not performed in his benefit performance.
London
In 1783 she moved to London where she sang at the leading theatres. She worked first at Covent Garden and then for three years at Drury Lane.[1]
She moved from just singing when she took the role of Rosetta in Love in a Village and she then in Comus and in Artaxerxes. All three of these operas were by Thomas Arne.
During the 1787–8 season she was appearing at the Royalty Theatre in East London. She appeared in Apollo Turn'd Stroller which was notable[1] because it was written by the fashionable army officer Sir John Morella Oldmixon.[2] At one time Oldmixon had been a beau at Bath where he took pride in having the correct number of curls in his hair.[3] Details are not clear but by 1793 she was reportedly married to him. In that year the two of them were short of money and George was given an offer to appear in America.
Philadelphia
On 14 May 1794 she sang in "Robin Hood" at Thomas Wignell's theatre in Philadelphia.[1] The playbills for the Chestnut Street Theatre named her as Mrs Oldmixon.[4]
They bought a house nearby in Germantown where her husband would grow vegetables and drive in each day with items to sell and carrying George for her performances. The marriage did not last and her husband went off to live in Long Island.[3]
George died in Philadelphia in 1835.[1]
References
- "George, Georgina [known as Mrs Oldmixon] (d. 1835), singer and actress". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/70116. Retrieved 2020-11-06. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- Nicoll (2009-08-16). History of English Drama 1660-1900. Cambridge University Press. p. 19. ISBN 978-0-521-10933-8.
- Dunlap, William (1832). A history of the American theatre. University of Pittsburgh Library System. New York : J. & J. Harper.
- American Theatre. Ardent Media. 1975. p. 129.