Florence Rea Rockwell (July , â€" March , ) was an American
actress.Florence Rea Rockwell was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the
daughter of Theodore J. Rockwell and Amanda J. Rea Rockwell. Amanda
Rockwell was a homeopathic physician and active in a group of women
doctors in St. Louis.Rockwell was a child performer, and played
Juliet, Ophelia, and Desdemona as a young actress still in her teens.
She studied with actress Rose Eytinge. In she was presented as a case
study in the Phrenological Journal of Science and Health, which found
her to have "an uncommonly large brain".(Her birthdate is often given
as either or ; however, she was described as Dr. Rockwell's -year-old
daughter in an profile, making the earlier date more plausible.)
actress.Florence Rea Rockwell was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the
daughter of Theodore J. Rockwell and Amanda J. Rea Rockwell. Amanda
Rockwell was a homeopathic physician and active in a group of women
doctors in St. Louis.Rockwell was a child performer, and played
Juliet, Ophelia, and Desdemona as a young actress still in her teens.
She studied with actress Rose Eytinge. In she was presented as a case
study in the Phrenological Journal of Science and Health, which found
her to have "an uncommonly large brain".(Her birthdate is often given
as either or ; however, she was described as Dr. Rockwell's -year-old
daughter in an profile, making the earlier date more plausible.)
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