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Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-09 · 24 entries checked · 21 flagged · 38 issues confirmed · 0 corrected · 38 still open
Edward Alleyn — The claim that a road was named after Margaret Townley in 1884 is unverifiable and likely fabricated.
Edwin Booth — The entry states Edwin Booth saved Robert Todd Lincoln from injury in late 1863 or early 1864, but the widely accepted timeframe is late 1864 or early 1865.
Edwin Booth — The entry claims Edwin Booth acquired his brother John's body in 1869 after repeatedly writing to President Andrew Johnson, but the release was arranged through other channels and the claim about writing to Johnson is not well-documented.
Eleonora Duse — The entry states she toured South America, Russia and the United States in 1893, but her South American tour was in 1885 and her Russian tour was in 1891–1892; only the United States tour was in 1893.
Ethel Barrymore — Barrymore's birth name was Ethel Barrymore, not Ethel Mae Blyth
Ethel Barrymore — She was nominated for but did not win the Academy Award for None but the Lonely Heart (1944); she never won an Academy Award
Ethel Merman — The claim that Merman received a Drama Desk Award for Hello, Dolly! is incorrect; she never won a Drama Desk Award.
Fanny Elssler — The 'DID YOU KNOW' section states that in Washington D.C., Congress closed so that no one need miss Elssler's performance, but this is not historically verified and is considered apocryphal.
Francesca Bertini — Her birth name was Elena Seracini Vitiello: This is incorrect. Her birth name was Elena Taddei; she later took the surname Vitiello after her mother married Arturo Vitiello in 1910.
Francesca Bertini — She was born in Prato: This is incorrect. Francesca Bertini was born in Florence, not Prato.
Frederick Ashton — The entry claims Ashley Dukes was a co-stager of Ashton's first choreographic attempt in 1926, but he was not involved in that production; the revue was staged by Nigel Playfair and produced by Marie Rambert.
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