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Nell Gwynne()
Born: 2nd February at Pipewell Lane, Hereford, Herefordshire
Actress 
Died: 14th November at Pall Mall, Westminster, Middlesex

Eleanor - commonly called 'Nell' - Gwynne was born on 2nd February , traditionally in the city of Hereford, although the Coal Yard off Drury Lane, London,  may have been her real birthplace.

Her family was certainly of Welsh origin. Her father, Captain Thomas Gwynne, appears to have been a soldier ruined by the Civil War. Her mother, who lived with Nell for some time, drowned in a pond at Chelsea (Middlesex) in July , apparently after becoming inebriated.

Nell Gwynne, who originally sold oranges in the precincts of the Drury Lane Theatre, became an actress at the age of only fifteen, through the influence of her first lover, the actor, Charles Hart, and also of Robert Duncan, a guards officer who had an interest in the theatre's management.

Her first recorded appearance on the stage was in , as Montezuma's daughter, Cyd Biography Graphic Organizers - The Curriculum Corner 4-5-6 VIHIR