Kitty Melrose
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Born
6 September 1881
Agnes Butterfield
6 September 1881
Whitehaven, Cumberland, England
Died3 June 1912 (aged 30)
Westminster, London, England
Causeof deathSuicide by asphyxiation
OccupationStage actress
Kitty Melrose | |
|---|---|
 Kitty Melrose, from a 1907 publication | |
| Born | Agnes Butterfield 6 September 1881 Whitehaven, Cumberland, England |
| Died | 3 June 1912 (aged 30) Westminster, London, England |
| Cause of death | Suicide by asphyxiation |
| Occupation | Stage actress |
Kitty Melrose (née Agnes Butterfield; 6 September 1881 – 3 June 1912) was an English stage actress and singer.[1]
Melrose was born in Cumberland to Stephen and Jane Butterfield. Her father later worked as a clothier in Blackpool, Lancashire.[2]
In 1909, while in New York performing The Dollar Princess at the Knickerbocker Theatre, was severely injured while hit with a ball while golfing with F. Pope Stamper.[3] They initially feared she might be disfigured, but excellent surgery left her with only a small scar.[2] She recovered, and made her last stage appearance at the London Adelphi Theatre in The Quaker Girl, a musical that opened on 5 November 1910 and ran for 536 performances.[4]
