Adrienne Augarde

Stage actress and singer

Adrienne Adele Augarde (12 May 1882 – 17 March 1913) was an English actress and singer popular for nearly a decade on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, primarily for her roles in Edwardian musical comedy.

She began her career in 1898 in pantomime and small roles in musical comedy and opera, before gaining wide popularity playing leading roles in the popular musicals produced by George Edwardes.

She also appeared in a few dramas.After starring in a number of long-running productions in London and New York from 1903 to 1912, Augarde embarked on an American vaudeville tour.

During the tour, she fell ill and died, after a failed appendectomy, at the age of 30.