List of American women in 19th century theater
A
- Emma Abbott - (December 9, 1850 - January 5, 1891) Born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Hamnet Records:
- ART File A131 no.1 PHOTO (size XS)
- ART File A131 no.2 PHOTO (size XS)
- ART File Vol. b2 no. 108 PHOTO (size M) - Photo of Emma Abbott c. 1870-1891
- Internet Archive
- Notable American Women Vol. 2
- Hamnet Records:
- Maude Adams (November 11, 1872 - July 17, 1953) Born Maude Ewing Adams Kiskadden in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Folgerpedia - Here Is a Play Fitted Exhibition
- Hamnet Records:
- ART File A215 no.1 PHOTO (size XS)
- ART File A215 no.2 PHOTO (size XS)
- ART File A215 no.3 PHOTO (size XS)
- ART File A215 no.4 PHOTO (size XS)
- ART File A215 no.5 PHOTO (size M)
- ART File A215 no.6 PHOTO (size XS)
- ART File S528r1 no.144-150 PHOTO (size M) - Luna Images available
- Maude Adams Romeo and Juliet - PR2831 .A38 Sh.Col.
- Acting Editions of Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet PR2831 1899-1 Sh.Col. / PR2831 1899-2 Sh.Col.
- Yale University Dramatic Association Twelfth Night - Program 259223 (Deck C)
- Manuscripts - Y.c.11 (1-2)
- Open Stacks:
- Acting Edition of Shakespeare - Romeo and Juliet PR2831 1899 Copy 3 (Open Stacks)
- Maude Adams by Acton Davies - PN2287 .A4 D3 (Open Stacks)
- Heroines of the Modern Stage
- Encyclopedia.com
- Viola Allen (October 27, 1867 - May 9, 1948) Born Viola Emily Allen in Huntsville, Alabama.
- Folgerpedia - Manuscript collection development
- Folgerpedia - Deaccessioned Paintings
- Folgerpedia - Acquisitions 2015/2016
- Folgerpedia - Shakespeare, Past and Presidents
- Hamnet Records:
- Costume Design for Viola Allen production of The Winter's Tale - ART Box H584 no.1 - 36 (size L)
- Associated Name - Costume Design for Viola Allen production of Cymbeline - ART Box H584 no.37 - 60 (size L)
- Associated Name - ART File A431 no.2-69 PHOTO
- Collector - Collection of theatre programs and photographs compiled by Viola Allen - Scrapbook 265363
- Prompt D3 - Daughter of Heaven
- Prompt H5 - The Hunchback - Viola Allen copy
- Prompt Cymb. 19 - Cymbeline as played by Viola Allen
- Prompt I3 - Irene Wycherley - Property of Viola Allen
- Prompt L14 - The Lady of Coventry - Written for a Viola Allen production
- Prompt P24 - Phaedra (Former Owner)
- Prompt Mac. 1 - Macbeth (Former Owner)
- Prompt Merch. 1 - Merchant of Venice (Former Owner)
- Prompt T.N. 1
- Prompt T.N. 28 - Viola Allen's version of Twelfth Night
- Prompt Wint. T. 1 - The Winter's Tale (Former owner, inscribed)
- The Winter's Tale presented by Viola Allen and Co. - PR2839 1950b Copy 1 Sh.Col. / PR2839 1950b Copy 2 Sh.Col. (Gustav Kobbé copy, autograph presentation note by Allen)
- Manuscript Recipient:
- Y.c. 29 / Y.c. 46 (1-4) / Y.c. 61 (1-96) / Y.c. 156 (1-2) / Y.c. 222 (1) / Y.c. 223 (1) / Y.c. 245 (1) / Y.c. 260 (1-5) / Y.c. 367 (1)
- Y.c. 452 (1-3) / Y.c. 518 (1-2) / Y.c. 531 (1) / Y.c. 558 (1-3) / Y.c. 598 (1) / Y.c. 634 / Y.c. 636 / Y.c. 645 / Y.c. 678 (1-3)
- Y.c. 775 (1) / Y.c. 785 (1-3) / Y.c. 806 (1-9) / Y.c. 818 (1) / Y.c. 906 (1-10) / Y.c. 984 (1-5) / Y.c. 1022 (1) / Y.c. 1356 (1)
- Y.c. 2138 (1-6) / Y.c. 2186 / Y.c. 2198 / Y.c. 2218 / Y.c. 2294 / Y.c. 2323 / Y.c. 2389 / Y.c. 2451 (1-4) / Y.c. 2536 / Y.c. 3368
- Y.c. 3875 / Y.c. 5388 / Y.c. 5497 (1-2) / Y.c. 5498 / Y.c. 5675-76 / Y.c. 5803 / Y.c. 5895 / Y.c. 6046 / Y.c. 6334 / Y.c. 6686 (1-14)
- Y.c. 7265 / Y.c. 7300 (1-18) / Y.c. 7348 (1-8)
- Mary Anderson (July 28, 1859 - May 29, 1940) Born Mary Antoinette Anderson in Sacramento, California.
- Hamnet Records:
- Portrait - 242953 ART (postcard art)
- Portrait - 242954 ART (photo print)
- ART Box A444 no.1-3 (size S)
- ART File A548 no.1 PHOTO (size XS)
- ART File A548 no.2-18 PHOTO (size XS)
- ART File A548 no.19 pt.1 PHOTO (size XS)
- ART File A548 no.19 pt.2 PHOTO (size XS)
- ART File A548 no.19 pt.3 PHOTO (size XS)
- ART File A548 no.20-23 PHOTO (size XS)
- ART File A548 no. 24-26 PHOTO (size S)
- ART File A548 no.27 PHOTO (size XS) - as Galatea
- ART File A548 no.28-30 PHOTO (size XS)
- ART File A548 no.31 (size S)
- ART File A548 no.32 (size XL) - Romeo and Juliet
- ART File A548 no.33 PHOTO (size XS) - as Juliet
- ART Vol. a8 no.26b
- ART Vol. a53 - The Stage Life of Mary Anderson by William Winter
- ART Vol. b23 no.90 PHOTO
- ART Vol. b66 - The Stage Life of Mary Anderson by William Winter
- ART Vol. c4 no.117 PHOTO
- ART Vol. c9 no.34 and 34a PHOTO
- PN2287.A6 W6 Cage - The Stage Life of Mary Anderson by William Winter
- Manuscripts:
- Y.c. 1109 (1-3) / Y.c. 3405 / Y.c. 6370 / Y.c. 7107 / Y.d. 280
- Open Stacks:
- A Few Memories by Mary Anderson - PN2287 .A6 A3
- Concerning Men and Other Papers by Dinah Craik - PR4516 .C6
- Mary Anderson by Maurice J. Farrar - PN2287 .A6 F3 and PN2287 .A6 F2 Ex.ill.
- Folgerpedia - Shakespeare, Past and Presidents
- Heroines of the Modern Stage
- Hamnet Records:
B
- Isabel Bateman (December 28, 1854 - 1934) Born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Kate Josephine Bateman Crowe (October 7, 1842 - April 8, 1917) Born Kate Josephine Bateman in Baltimore, Maryland.
- Sidney Frances Bateman (March 29, 1823 - January 13, 1881) Born Sidney Frances Cowell in England.
- Virginia Frances Bateman (January 1, 1853 - May 4, 1940) Born in New York, she was also known as Mrs. Edward Compton and Virginia Mackenzie.
- Blanche Bates (August 25, 1873 - December 25, 1941) Born in Portland, Oregon.
- Kitty Blanchard (1847 - December 14, 1911) Born Elizabeth Blanchard from Pennsylvania.
- Lillian Blauvelt (1873 - 1947) Born in New York City.
- Agnes Booth (October 4, 1843 - January 2, 1910) Born Marian Agnes Land Rookes in Sydney, New South Wales.
- Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter (May 15, 1857 - February 12, 1936) Born Mary Cora Urquhart in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Marie Burroughs (1866 - March 4, 1926) Born Lillie Arrington in San Jose, California.
C
- Marie Cahill (December 29, 1866 - August 23, 1933) Born Mary "Marie" Cahill in Brooklyn, New York.
- Beatrice Cameron (1868 - July 12, 1940) Born Susan Hegeman in Troy, New York.
- Leslie Carter (June 10, 1857 - November 13, 1937) Born Caroline Louise Dudley in Lexington, Kentucky.
- Louise Carver (June 9, 1869 - June 18, 1956) Born Mary Louise Stieger in Davenport, Iowa.
- Georgia Cayvan (August 22, 1857 - November 19, 1906) Born Georgie Eva Cayvan in Bath, Maine.
- Henrietta Baker Chanfrau (1837 - 1909) Born Jeannette Davis in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Caroline Chapman (c. 1818 - May 8, 1876) Born in San Francisco, California.
- Ada Clare (July, 1834 - March 4, 1874) Born Ada Agnes Jane McElhenney in Charleston, South Carolina.
- Hamnet Record for Ada Clare
- Marguerite Clark (February 22, 1883 - September 25, 1940) Born Helen Marguerite Clark in Avondale, Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Hamnet Record for Marguerite Clark
- Kate Claxton (August 24, 1848 - May 5, 1924) Born in Somerville, New Jersey.
- Hamnet Record for Kate Claxton
- Ella Maria Dietz Clymer (January 27, 1847 - January 9, 1920) Born Ella Maria Dietz in New York City.
- Hamnet Record for Ella Clymer
- Ida Conquest (February 26, 1876 - July 12, 1937)
- Hamnet Record for Conquest
- Sarah Crocker Conway (1834 - April 28, 1875) Born in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
- Hamnet Record for Conway
- Lotta Crabtree (November 7, 1847 - September 25, 1924) Born Charlotte Mignon Crabtree in New York City.
- Hamnet Record for Crabtree
- Maida Craigen (1861 - April 5, 1942)
- Hamnet Record for Craigen
- Henrietta Crosman (September 2, 1861 - October 31, 1944) Born Henrietta Foster Crosman in Wheeling, West Virginia.
- Hamnet Record
- Charlotte Cushman (July 23, 1816 - February 18, 1876) Born Charlotte Suanders Cushman in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Susan Webb Cushman (March 17, 1822 - May 10, 1859) Born in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Hamnet Record for Cushman
D
- Fay Davis (December 15, 1873 – February 27, 1945) Born in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Hamnet Records
- Julia Dean (actress) (July 22, 1830 – March 6, 1868) Born in Pleasant Valley, New York.
- Hamnet Record
- Kate Denin (1837 - February 5, 1907) Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Hamnet Record
- Laura Don (February 20, 1852 – February 10, 1886) Born Anna Laura Fish in Glens Falls, New York.
- Hamnet Record
- Virginia Dreher (1857/59- November 11, 1898) Born Jennie Cummings Murphy in Kentucky.
- Hamnet Record
- Louisa Lane Drew (January 10, 1820 – August 31, 1897) Born Louisa Lane in London, England.
- Hamnet Record
- Maud Durbin (November 9, 1871 – December 25, 1936) Born in Moberly, Missouri.
- Hamnet Record
E
- Virginia Earle (August 6, 1873 – September 21, 1937) Born Virginia Earl in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Hamnet Record
- Maxine Elliott (February 5, 1868 - March 5, 1940) Born Jessie Dermott in Rockland, Maine.
- Hamnet Record
- Effie Ellsler (September 17, 1855 – October 8, 1942) Born Euphemia Ellsler in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Hamnet Record
- Agnes Ethel (May 1, 1846 – May 26, 1903) Also known as Agnes Ethel Tracy, she was born in New York City.
- Hamnet Record
- Rose Eytinge (November 21, 1835 – December 20, 1911) Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Hamnet Record
F
- Bijou Fernandez (November 4, 1873? - November 7, 1961) Born in New York City.
- Hamnet Record
- Kate Field (October 1, 1838 - May 19, 1896) Born Mary Katherine Keemle Field was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
- Hamnet Record
- Minnie Maddern Fiske (December 19, 1865 - February 15, 1932) Born Marie Augusta Davey in New Orleans, Louisiana. Also went by Mrs. Fiske.
- Hamnet Record
- Heroines of the Modern Stage
- Harriet Ford (1863 - December 12, 1949) Born Harriet French Ford in Seymore, Connecticut. She also went by the name Mrs. Forde Morgan.
- Hamnet Record
G
- Minna Gale (September 26, 1869 – March 4, 1944) Born Minna Kathalina Gale in Elizabeth, New Jersey. She is also credited as Minna K. Gale and Minna Gale Haynes.
- Hamnet Record
- Effie Germon (June 13, 1843 - March 6, 1914) Born Mary Euphemia Germon in Augusta, Georgia.
- Hamnet Record
H
- Laura Nelson Hall (July 11, 1876 – July 11, 1936) Born Laura Barnhurst in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Hamnet Record
- Pauline Hall (February 26, 1860 – December 29, 1919) Born Pauline Fredrika Schmidgall in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Hamnet Record
- Y.c.3858 (1-7)
- Hamnet Record
- Virginia Harned (May 29, 1868 – April 29, 1946) Born Virginia Hicks in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Hamnet Record
- Percy Haswell (April 30, 1871 - June 14, 1945) Born in Austin, Texas. She was also billed as Miss Percy Haswell and Mrs. George Fawcett.
- Hamnet Record
- Chrystal Herne
- Hamnet Record
- Bijou Heron
- Hamnet Record
- Matilda Heron
- Hamnet Record
- Edna Wallace Hopper
- Hamnet Record
- Jean Hosmer
- Hamnet Record
- Jobyna Howland
- Hamnet Record
- Caroline Miskel Hoyt
- Hamnet Record
I
- Isabel Irving (February 18, 1871 - September 1, 1944) Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
- Hamnet Record
J
- Fanny Janauschek (July 20, 1829 – November 28, 1904) Born Franziska Romana Magdalena Janauschek in Prague, Austrian Empire.
- Hamnet Record
- Marie Jansen (November 18, 1857 – March 20, 1914) Born Harriet Mary Johnson in Boston, Massachusetts.
- Hamnet Record
- Maud Jeffries (December 14, 1869 - September 26, 1946) Born Maud Evelyn Craven Jeffries at Willow Farm, Coahoma County, Mississippi.
- Hamnet Record
- Avonia Jones (July 12, 1839 – October 4, 1867) Born in New York City.
- Hamnet Record
K
- Kathryn Kidder (1868 – September 7, 1939) Also known as Mrs. L.K. Anspacher, she was born in Newark, New Jersey.
- Hamnet Record
- Jennie Kimball (June 20, 1848 – March 23, 1896) Born in Portland, Maine, she was also known by the names Jennie Kimball Flaherty and Jennie Kimball Schaefer.
- Hamnet Record
L
- Sarah Cowell Le Moyne
- Hamnet Record
- Elsie Leslie
- Hamnet Record
- Annie Lewis
- Clara Lipman
- Keni Liptzin
- Little Tuesday
- Eliza Logan
- Olive Logan
- Marion Lorne
M
- Annie Mack
- Jessie Mackaye
- Marietta Judah
- Julia Marlowe
- Mary Maurice
- Olive May
- Kate Mayhew
- Margaret Mayo (playwright)
- Mollie McConnell
- Nancy McIntosh
- Margaret McWade
- Rose Melville
- Adah Isaacs Menken
- Ann Brunton Merry
- Maggie Mitchell
- Helena Modjeska
- Hamnet Record
- Heroines of the Modern Stage
- Virginia Monier
- Annabelle Moore
- Polly Moran
- Jane Morgan (actress)
- Giuseppina Morlacchi
- Clara Morris
- Anna Cora Mowatt
N
O
- Elita Proctor Otis (1851/1860 - August 10, 1927) Born in Cleveland, Ohio.
- Hamnet Record
P
- Mabel Paige
- Minnie Palmer
- Charlotte Blair Parker
- Jane Peyton
- Annie Pixley
- Charlotte Wrighten Placide
- Jane Placide
- Eliza Poe
- Madame Ponisi
- Lily Post
- Kate Price (actress)
- Eva Puck
Q
R
- Lulah Ragsdale
- Jessie Ralph
- Phyllis Rankin
- Dora Knowlton Ranous
- Kate Raymond
- Olive Redpath
- Ada Rehan
- Carrie Reynolds
- Fanny Rice
- Emily Rigl
- Blanche Ring
- Annie Robe
- Florence Roberts
- Florence Roberts (actress)
- May Robson
- Genevieve Rogers
- Rose Sydell
- Isadore Rush
- Ada Dwyer Russell
- Annie Russell
- Lillian Russell
S
- Effie Shannon
- Hamnet Record
- Truly Shattuck
- Hamnet Record
- Catherine Norton Sinclair
- Hamnet Record
T
- Fay Templeton
- Hamnet record
- Gertrude Thanhouser
- Hamnet record
- Florence Turner
- Hamnet record
- Elizabeth Tyree
- Hamnet record
U
- Geraldine Ulmar (June 23, 1862 - August 13, 1932) Born Annie Geraldine Ulmar in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
- Hamnet Record
V
- Marie van Zandt (October 8 1858 - December 31, 1919) Born in Manhattan, New York City.
- Hamnet Record
W
- Marie Wainwright (May 8, 1853 - August 17, 1923) Born Marie Page Wainwright in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Hamnet Record
- Blanche Walsh (January 4, 1873 – October 31, 1915) Born in New York City.
- Hamnet Record
- Helen Ware (October 15, 1877 – January 25, 1939) Born Helen Remer in San Francisco, California.
- Hamnet Record
- Ida Waterman (March 10, 1852 – May 22, 1941) Born Ida Shaw in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Hamnet Record
- Mary E. Webb (1828 – June 17, 1859) Born Mary Espartero Webb in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
- Hamnet record?
- Blanche Whiffen (1845–1936) Born Blanche Galton, and also known as Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, in London, England.
- Hamnet Record
- Jennie Worrell (1850 - August 11, 1899) Born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Hamnet Record
XYZ
- Annie Yeamans (November 19, 1835 - March 3, 1912) Born Annie Griffiths Yeamans outside of the United States.
For more 19th century American actresses not included in the Folger Collection, see the following list:
Wikipedia American Shakespearean Actresses of the 19th Century