Lillie's Timeline
LILLIE'S MILESTONES...
- 1853 – October 13th. Born on the Isle of Jersey.
- 1867 – Age 14 Receives her first marriage proposal.
- 1874 – Age 20 Marries Edward Langtry (Irish landowner)
- 1876 – Age 22 1st society dinner at Lady Sebright’s
- 1877 – Age 23 Starts affair with Prince of Wales
- 1878 – Age 24 Presented at court to Queen Victoria
- Millais Portrait wins Portrait of the year
- 1880 – Age 26 Has money problems
- 1881 – Age 27 Secret birth of her daughter in Paris
- First appearance on stage
- First commercial Advertisement: Pears soap
- 1882 – Age 28 Theater tour of America with own company
- 1885 – Age 31 Texas town named after her by Judge Roy Bean
- 1886 – Age 32 Tours in own Pullman carriage “Lalee”
- 1887 – Age 33 Becomes American Citizen
- Divorces Edward Langtry
- 1888 – Age 34 Returns to London stage
- 1892 – Age 38 Becomes owner of 120 ft yacht
- Refuses role in Lady Windemere’s Fan
- 1897 – Age 44 Wins Cesarewitch with her horse Merman
- 1898 – Age 45 Retires from the stage a millionaire
- 1901 – Age 48Purchases own theatre: The Imperial London
- Attends King Edward VII coronation
- 1905 – Age 51 Acting tour of South Africa
- 1906 – Age 52 First appearance in Vaudeville
- 1907 – Age 53 Breaks the bank at Monte Carlo
- 1909 – Age 55 Writes her first novel
- 1913 – Age 60 Appears in first and only film role
- 1916 – Age 62 Returns to stage for WWI charities
- 1925 – Age 72 Writes Autobiography: The Days I Knew
- 1929 – Age 75 Dies in Monaco
- Buried on the Isle of Jersey