• Name: Abington, Frances (née Barton)
• Gender: Female
• Birth Date: 1737
• Death Date: 4  March  1815
• Occupation: actress

Fanny Barton began her career as an actress in the Haymarket. After a brief stint at Drury Lane, during which she married, she took up a position at the Smock Alley theatre, Dublin in 1759. She rejoined Drury Lane in 1765 and became one of the finest comic actresses of her generation.

Godwin recorded her death.

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