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John Dunn (actor)

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on 22 July 1869; they had six children, including Marian Marcus Clarke. Marcus Clarke was for a time Registrar of Births and Deaths in Melbourne, and after his death the post was given to his widow, then his two daughters in turn, then the widow of his eldest
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by a Roman Catholic priest, as that was his faith, but his remains were buried in the Anglican section, the denomination to which his wife and family belonged. The pall-bearers were his son Arthur Dunn and son-in-law
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character and enjoyed some success for a time, then took it to America, where again he was well received.
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Dunn married Maria Louisa Campbell-Voullaire; they had two sons and two daughters:
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routines, but failed to enthuse Australian audiences, so was abandoned.
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Marian (often "Marion") Dunn (born c. 1847 – 4 December 1914) married
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from California with his family in mid-1856 and first appeared in
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L. L. Lewis (c. 1835 – 21 December 1910) on 16 October 1863.
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Arthur Dunn (c. 1851 – 4 August 1888), employed by the
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Comic actor who had a considerable career in Australia
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routine had become hugely popular. Dunn adopted the
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Index

Surrey
London
Shakespeare
Charles Kean
David Webster Osbaldiston
Thomas D. Rice
Jim Crow
Sydney
Thomas Smith Bellair
Victoria Theatre
Melbourne
Theatre Royal
Richard Stewart
Tasmania
Melbourne
Princess's Theatre
Theatre Royal
William Macready
Charles Kean
Fred Younge
Lygon Street
Melbourne Opera House
Melbourne General Cemetery
Marcus Clarke
Richard Stewart
John Hennings
Henry Harwood
Samuel Lazar
James Williamson
Juliet

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