Anna Norsa (b. 1712), was the first Jew to appear on the English stage. Her debut was in the revival of Gay's 'Beggar's Opera' at Covent Garden in December 1732 playing Polly Peachum. She was the daughter of Isaac Norsa (buried in the Novo in 1748). In 1736 she was taken up by Robert Walpole, brother of Horace, became his mistress and went to live with him in Hoghton Hall, Norfolk when he became Earl of Orford. She died in 1784 in Kensington, a wealthy woman, and was buried in St Mary Abbots, Kensington.