Adah Isaacs Menken
Born: June 15, 1835
Died: August 10, 1868 (aged 33)
Bio: Adah Isaacs Menken was an American actress, painter and poet, the highest earning actress of her time. She was best known for her performance in the melodrama Mazeppa, with a climax that featured her apparently nude and riding a horse on stage.
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