Paulita Sedgwick ( December â€" December ) was an artist, actress,
and independent filmmaker best known for her performances on stage and
roles in several films by Ismail Merchant and James Ivory.Paulita
Sedgwick was born on December in Washington, D.C., the third of five
children of Samuel Cabot Sedgwick and Paula Knipe Sedgwick. The
Sedgwick family were well established in Massachusetts, and she was
descended from Robert Sedgwick, the first Major General of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony under Oliver Cromwell, William Ellery, who
was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence,
Judge Theodore Sedgwick, famously the first person to successfully
plead for the freedom of a female slave (Elizabeth Freeman, also known
as Mum Bett), and was related to Catharine Sedgwick, the novelist. She
was also a cousin of the actresses Edie Sedgwick and Kyra Sedgwick,
and her grandfather Ellery Sedgwick was the editor and then owner of
The Atlantic magazine.Sedgwick's father served as a diplomat with the
US State Department, and her early years were spent in Haiti, Spain,
France, Colombia, Costa Rica, Japan, and the United States. During
this time she learned to speak fluent Spanish and began a lifelong
interest in travel and foreign cultures.In her teenage years she
studied Islamic Art at the University of Madrid in Spain, where she
lived with the family of the anti-Francist Dionisio Ridruejo,
reportedly drawing the attention of the authorities (although this is
not substantiated).
and independent filmmaker best known for her performances on stage and
roles in several films by Ismail Merchant and James Ivory.Paulita
Sedgwick was born on December in Washington, D.C., the third of five
children of Samuel Cabot Sedgwick and Paula Knipe Sedgwick. The
Sedgwick family were well established in Massachusetts, and she was
descended from Robert Sedgwick, the first Major General of the
Massachusetts Bay Colony under Oliver Cromwell, William Ellery, who
was a signatory of the United States Declaration of Independence,
Judge Theodore Sedgwick, famously the first person to successfully
plead for the freedom of a female slave (Elizabeth Freeman, also known
as Mum Bett), and was related to Catharine Sedgwick, the novelist. She
was also a cousin of the actresses Edie Sedgwick and Kyra Sedgwick,
and her grandfather Ellery Sedgwick was the editor and then owner of
The Atlantic magazine.Sedgwick's father served as a diplomat with the
US State Department, and her early years were spent in Haiti, Spain,
France, Colombia, Costa Rica, Japan, and the United States. During
this time she learned to speak fluent Spanish and began a lifelong
interest in travel and foreign cultures.In her teenage years she
studied Islamic Art at the University of Madrid in Spain, where she
lived with the family of the anti-Francist Dionisio Ridruejo,
reportedly drawing the attention of the authorities (although this is
not substantiated).
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