- Third husband Giovanni Perugini was born John Haley Augustin Chatterton in Michigan (c. 1855 - 1914). She threw him out after two months of marriage.
- Daughter with Solomon, Lillian Russell Jr., born 10 May 1884; they were married on the baby's first birthday. This marriage was later annulled because he neglected to mention that he was already married.
- Had affairs with financier "Diamond" Jim Brady and strong-man "The Great Sandow" (Eugen Sandow). Brady lavished her with gifts, including her own luxury railroad car. The couple would cycle around Central Park on their gold plated, diamond encrusted "exercise mobiles."
- America's foremost singing star of operettas in the 1890's and a celebrated star of burlesque in early 1900's. Appeared on Broadway from 1883. The daughter of newspaper publisher Charles E. Leonard and a noted feminist of the period, Cynthia Leonard, Lillian achieved fame as much for her flamboyant lifestyle as for her performances.
- Russell's birth year is often erroneously given as 1861.
- Spouse Alexander Pollock Moore (1867-1930) was the owner-publisher of a Pittsburgh newspaper, The Leader.
- Joined the fledgling union for actors, the "White Rats," along with Fay Templeton and Jennie Yeamans. They were the first female members. She was also a major player in the Actor's Strike of 1919.
- When Alexander Graham Bell introduced long distance telephone service on 8 May 1890, her voice was the first carried over the line. Stationed in New York, Russell sang "Sabre Song" to audiences in Boston and Washington.
- Father: Charles Egbert Leonard; Mother: Cynthia Hicks Van Name.
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