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Sophia Baddeley (1745 - 1786), English actress, singer and courtesan, was born in London, the daughter of Valentine Snow, a sergeant-trumpeter.

As a child she was trained by her father for a future musical career. At the age of eighteen she eloped with the actor Robert Baddeley, then on the stage at Drury Lane. She made her first appearance as an actress there on the April 27, 1765, as Ophelia in Hamlet. In 1769 she joined David Garrick's theater company. More noted as a talented singer than an actress, she obtained engagements at Ranelegh and Vauxhall to public acclaim. At the height of her success and after separating from her husband in 1770, she established herself as a courtesan. Famous for her beauty, she was also noted for her extravagant lifestyle. Her overspending eventually obliged her to take refuge from her creditors in Dublin, Ireland and later Edinburgh, Scotland. In declining health, she made her last appearance on the stage in Edinburgh in 1785.

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