Annie Hindle
Annie Hindle | |
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Sketch of Hindle | |
| Born | 1840s England |
| Died | c. 1904 |
| Spouses | Charles Vivian (m. 1867)W.W Long (m. 1878)Annie Ryan (m. 1886) |
| Parent | Ann Hindle |
Annie Hindle was the first popular male impersonator performer in the United States. Born in the 1840s in England, she and her adoptive mother, Ann Hindle, migrated to New York City in 1868. Hall performed as a male impersonator in solo acts and in minstrel shows from 1868 to 1886.
Emma Donaghue's play Ladies and Gentlemen is about Hindle after the death of her wife Annie Ryan.