Clive Kitty

Clive, Kitty (1711-1785), an English comic actress, the daughter of an Irish lawyer named Raftor. Most of her playing was at Drury Lane from 1728 to 1769, in which latter year she retired to Twickenham. In 1731 she married a barrister named Clive, but soon separated from him. She was a friend of Garrick, Handel, and Horace Walpole, and between Dr. Johnson and her there was a mutual liking.