caption death_date death_place years_active birth_place name birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name
plate to '' our actresses '' , 1844 8 august 1856 london , england 1815 -- 1854 london , england lucia elizabeth vestris january 1797 auguste -rrb- charles james mathews -lrb- 1835 -- 1856 ; her armand death -rrb- vestris -rsb- -rsb- -lrb- 1813 -- 1817 lucia vestris.png lucia elizabeth vestris
 elizabetta lucia bartolozzi
lucia elizabeth vestris

lucia elizabeth vestris -lrb- january 1797 -- 8 august 1856 -rrb- was an english actress and a contralto opera singer , appearing in works by mozart and rossini .
while popular in her time , she was more notable as a theatre producer and manager .
after accumulating a fortune from her performances , she leased the olympic theatre in london and produced a series of burlesques and extravaganzas , especially popular works by james planché , for which the house became famous .
she also produced his work at other theatres she managed .
