Nell Gwynne

She was buried in the Church of St Martin's in the Fields, at the corner of Trafalgar Square, London, after a funeral in which Thomas Tenison, the Archbishop of Canterbury, preached a sermon on the text of Luke 15:7 "Just so, I tell you, there will be more joy in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who need no repentance.". She died in and was interred in Altoona, Pennsylvania. She died, two years later, of apoplexy, aged 37, at 79 Pall Mall, in London. She also briefly appeared as herself in the 1950 film Sunset Boulevard. James II, obeying his brother's deathbed wish, "Let not poor Nelly starve," paid most of them off and gave her a pension of 1500 pounds a year, a huge sum in 1685. She also had several acting roles during the latter part of her career, and made a cameo appearance in the 1950s television show I Love Lucy. Nell, however, accumulated enormous debts. She remained active as a writer until her death, producing six daily columns and a Sunday column for the Chicago Tribune syndicate, as well as writing for celebrity magazines like Photoplay.

It is thought to have been Nell who persuaded the king to build the Royal Hospital, Chelsea in London for ex-servicemen. In 1937 she started a career as a gossip columnist, and in 1939 The Hedda Hopper Show debuted with Hopper as host, running until 1951. Nell was the only one of Charles II's many mistresses to be genuinely popular with the English public. She made her screen debut in 1916 with Battle of Hearts and appeared in supporting roles in dozens of films through the early 1930s, usually portraying society women. Charles was the first Duke of St Albans. She was active on the stage before her marriage in 1913 to matinee idol DeWolf Hopper, whom she divorced in 1921. By Charles, Nell had two sons, Charles Beauclerk (1670-1726) and James Beauclerk (1671-1680). Hedda Hopper was born Elda Furry in Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.

Find something else to fight about.". Hedda Hopper (May 2, 1885 - February 1, 1966) was an American actress and newspaper gossip columnist. She broke up the fight, saying, "I am a whore. Nell is also famous for another remark made to her coachman, who was fighting with another man who had called her a whore. The particular Catholic whore (of the moment) was Louise de Keroualle, the Duchess of Portsmouth.

This appeal to British bigotry made her immensely popular. Nell is remembered for one particularly apt witticism, which was recounted in the memoirs of the Comte de Gramont, remembering the events of 1681:. When she was 19 she became the king's mistress, having previously been the mistress of Lord Buckhurst. Having first made a living selling oranges, she became an actress (not at that time a respectable profession) when she was fifteen.

(Her mother died because she passed out from too much brandy and drowned in a brook.). Her mother ran a bawdyhouse, where Nell grew up. The daughter of Thomas Gywnne and his wife Rose, Nell Gwyn was probably born in an alley near Covent Garden (though sometimes said to have been born in Hereford) and never learned to read or write. Nell Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne), (February 1650 - 14 November 1687), the most famous of the many mistresses of King Charles II, was called "pretty, witty Nell" by Samuel Pepys.