List of American women in 19th century theater: Difference between revisions

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Emma Abbott - (December 9, 1850 - January 5, 1891) Born in Chicago, Illinois.
- Hamnet Records for Emma Abbott

Bessie Abott (1878-February 9, 1919) Born Bessie Pickens in Heuvelton, New York.

Florence Adelaide Fowle Adams (October 15, 1863 - July 31, 1916) Born Florence Adelaide Fowle in Chelsea, Massachusetts.

Maude Adams (November 11, 1872 - July 17, 1953) Born Maude Ewing Adams Kiskadden in Salt Lake City, Utah.
- Hamnet Records for Maude Adams

Suzanne Adams (November 28, 1872 - February 5, 1953) Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Sara Adler (May 26, 1858 - April 28, 1953) Born Sara Levitskaya in Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire.

Ullie Akerstrom (March 17, 1864 - August 10, 1941) Born Ulrika Akerstrom in New York City.

Viola Alberti (July 10, 1871 - May 8, 1957) Born Mary Viola Alberti in Lewistown, Pennsylvania.

Viola Allen (October 27, 1867 - May 9, 1948) Born Viola Emily Allen in Huntsville, Alabama.
- Hamnet Records for Viola Allen

Mary Anderson (July 28, 1859 - May 29, 1940) Born Mary Antoinette Anderson in Sacramento, California.
- Hamnet Records for Mary Anderson

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Emily Bancker (1861/62 - June 5, 1897)
Charlotte Mary Sanford Barnes (1818 - April 14, 1863) Born in Massachusetts.
Ethel Barrymore (August 15, 1879 - June 18, 1959) Born Ethel Mae Blythe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Isabel Bateman (December 28, 1854 - 1934) Born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Hamnet Records for Isabel Bateman
Kate Josephine Bateman Crowe (October 7, 1842 - April 8, 1917) Born Kate Josephine Bateman in Baltimore, Maryland.
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Sidney Frances Bateman (March 29, 1823 - January 13, 1881) Born Sidney Frances Cowell in England.
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Virginia Frances Bateman (January 1, 1853 - May 4, 1940) Born in New York, she was also known as Mrs. Edward Compton and Virginia Mackenzie.
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Blanche Bates (August 25, 1873 - December 25, 1941) Born in Portland, Oregon.
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Nora Bayes (October 3, 1880 - March 19, 1928) Born Rachel Eleanora Goldberg in Chicago, Illinois.
Louise Beaudet (December 5, 1859 - December 31, 1947) Born Marie Louise Anna Beaudet in Lothbiniere, Quebec, Canada.
Rose Beaudet (1862 - 1947) Born Eliza Lang in Stockton, California near San Francisco.
Laura Joyce Bell (May 1854 - May 30, 1904) Born Laura Joyce Maskell in London, England.
Ann West Bignall (1760's - 1805) Born Ann West.
Amelia Bingham (March 20, 1869 - September 1, 1927) Born Amelia Swilley Bingham in Hicksville, Ohio.
Kitty Blanchard (1847 - December 14, 1911) Born Elizabeth Blanchard from Pennsylvania.
- Hamnet Records for Kitty Blanchard
Lillian Blauvelt (1873 - 1947) Born in New York City.
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Clara Bloodgood (August 23, 1870 - December 5, 1907) Born in Long Branch, New Jersey.
Marjorie Bonner (d. November 15, 1895) Born Catherine F. Goodwin and not associated with Marjorie Bonner of the Ziegfeld Follies.
Jessie Bonstelle (November 1871 - October 14, 1932) Born Laura Justine Bonstelle in Greece, New York.
Agnes Booth (October 4, 1843 - January 2, 1910) Born Marian Agnes Land Rookes in Sydney, New South Wales.
- Hamnet Records for Agnes Booth
Elizabeth Crocker Bowers (March 12, 1830 - November 6, 1895) Born in Stamford, Connecticut and professionally known as Mrs. D.P. Bowers.
May Brookyn (1854/59 - February 15, 1894) Born in Greater London, England.
Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter (May 15, 1857 - February 12, 1936) Born Mary Cora Urquhart in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Hamnet Records for Cora Urquhart Potter
Nellie Marie Burns (1850s - June 16, 1897) Born Ellen Marie Sherman in Waltham, Massachusetts.
Marie Burroughs (1866 - March 4, 1926) Born Lillie Arrington in San Jose, California.
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Jessie Busley (1869 - 1950)
Sarah Hildreth Butler (August 17, 1816 - April 8, 1876) Born Sarah Jones Hildreth in Dracut, Massachusetts.

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Marie Cahill (December 29, 1866 - August 23, 1933) Born Mary "Marie" Cahill in Brooklyn, New York.
- Hamnet Records for Marie Cahill
Georgia Caine (October 30, 1876 - April 4, 1964) Born in San Francisco, California.
Beatrice Cameron (1868 - July 12, 1940) Born Susan Hegeman in Troy, New York.
- Hamnet Records for Beatrice Cameron
Leslie Carter (June 10, 1857 - November 13, 1937) Born Caroline Louise Dudley in Lexington, Kentucky.
- Hamnet Records for Leslie Carter
Emma Carus (March 18, 1879 - November 18, 1927) Born in New York City.
Louise Carver (June 9, 1869 - June 18, 1956) Born Mary Louise Stieger in Davenport, Iowa.
- Hamnet Records for Louise Carver
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.
Beatrice Chanler (May 7, 1881 - June 19, 1946) Born Beatrice Minerva Ashley in Charlottesville, Virginia. Also known as Minnie Ashley.
Caroline Chapman (c. 1818 - May 8, 1876) Born in San Francisco, California.
Edythe Chapman (October 8, 1863 - October 15, 1948) Born in Rochester, New York.
Charlotte Baldwin (1778 - 1856)
Alfreda Chippendale (1842 - November 9, 1887) Born Alfreda Schoolcraft in New Orleans, Louisiana. Also known as Alfreda "Alfy" Chippendale.
Gertrude Claire (July 16, 1852 - April 28, 1928) Born in Chicago, Illinois.
Ada Clare (July, 1834 - March 4, 1874) Born Ada Agnes Jane McElhenney in Charleston, South Carolina.
Marguerite Clark (February 22, 1883 - September 25, 1940) Born Helen Marguerite Clark in Avondale, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Kate Claxton (August 24, 1848 - May 5, 1924) Born in Somerville, New Jersey.
Viola Katherine Clemmons (November 17, 1874 - December 24, 1930) Born in Scotts County, Illinois and used the stage name Katherine Dayan.
Josephine Clifton (1813? - 1847) Possibly born in New York or Philadelphia and possible surname Miller.
Ella Maria Dietz Clymer (January 27, 1847 - January 9, 1920) Born Ella Maria Dietz in New York City.
Laura Sedgwick Collins (1859 - 1927) Born Laura Sedgwick in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Nanette Comstock (July 17, 1866 - June 22, 1942) Born in Albany, New York.
Ida Conquest (February 26, 1876 - July 12, 1937)
Sarah Crocker Conway (1834 - April 28, 1875) Born in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Ethyle Cooke (August 4, 1885 - April 20, 1949) Born in Lynn, Massachusetts.
Mabelle Gilman Corey (December 4, 1874 - November 14, 1960) Born Mabelle Gillman in San Francisco, California. Also known as Mrs. William Ellis Corey.
Mae Costello (August 13, 1882 - August 2, 1929) Born Mae Altschuk in Brooklyn, New York.
Lotta Crabtree (November 7, 1847 - September 25, 1924) Born Charlotte Mignon Crabtree in New York City.
Marcella Craft (August 11, 1874 - December 12, 1959) Born Marcia Craft in Indianapolis, Indiana.
Maida Craigen (1861 - April 5, 1942)
Laura Hope Crews (December 12, 1879 - November 12, 1942) Born in San Francisco, California.
Eliza Crisp
Henrietta Crosman (September 2, 1861 - October 31, 1944) Born Henrietta Foster Crosman in Wheeling, West Virginia.
Charlotte Cushman (July 23, 1816 - February 18, 1876) Born Charlotte Suanders Cushman in Boston, Massachusetts.
Pauline Cushman (June 10, 1833 - December 2, 1893) Born Harriet Wood in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Susan Webb Cushman (March 17, 1822 - May 10, 1859) Born in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Margaret Dale (actress) (March 6, 1876 – March 23, 1972) Born Margaret Rosendale in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Helen Dauvray (February 14, 1859 – December 6, 1923) Born in San Francisco, California.
Alice Davenport (February 29, 1864 – June 24, 1936) Born Alice Shepphard in New York, New York.
Milla Davenport (February 4, 1871 – May 17, 1936) Born in Zurich, Switzerland.
Phoebe Davies (February 7, 1864 – December 4, 1912) Born in Cardigan, Wales.
Fay Davis (December 15, 1873 – February 27, 1945) Born in Boston, Massachusetts.
Henrietta Vinton Davis
Jessie Bartlett Davis
May de Sousa
Julia Dean (actress)
Camille D'elmar
Kate Denin
Susan Denin
Laura Don
Frances Ann Denny Drake
Virginia Dreher
Louise Dresser
Dorothy Drew
Georgiana Drew
Louisa Lane Drew
Helen Dunbar
Minnie Dupree
Maud Durbin

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Isabel Irving (February 18, 1871 - September 1, 1944) Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

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Ethel Jackson (November 1, 1877 – November 23, 1957) Born Ethel Hart Jackson in Berlin, Germany.
Fanny Janauschek (July 20, 1829 – November 28, 1904) Born Franziska Romana Magdalena Janauschek in Prague, Austrian Empire.
Elsie Janis (March 16, 1889 – February 26, 1956) Born Elsie Bierbower in Marion, Ohio.
Marie Jansen (November 18, 1857 – March 20, 1914) Born Harriet Mary Johnson in Boston, Massachusetts.
Cornelia Frances Jefferson (October 1, 1796 - October 24, 1848) Born Cornelia Frances Thomas in New York.
Maud Jeffries (December 14, 1869 - September 26, 1946) Born Maud Evelyn Craven Jeffries at Willow Farm, Coahoma County, Mississippi.
Izetta Jewel (November 24, 1883 – November 14, 1978) Born Izetta Jewel Kenney in Hackettstown, New Jersey.
Susan Johnstone (November 29, 1792 - December 25, 1850) Born Georgiana Susannah Johnston in Covent Garden, London.
Avonia Jones (July 12, 1839 – October 4, 1867) Born in New York City.
Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones (January 5, 1868 or 1869 – June 24, 1933) Born Matilda SIssieretta Joyner, also known as The Black Patti, in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Pauline Joran (August 3, 1870 - August 13, 1954) Born Clara Pauline Joran in Freeport, Illinois.

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Florence Kahn (actress) (March 3, 1878 - January 13, 1951) Born in Memphis Tennessee. Also known as Lady Beerbohm.
Bertha Kalich (May 17, 1874 - April 18, 1939) Born Beylke Kalakh in present day Lviv, Ukraine. She also spelled her name Kalish.
Kathleen Kerrigan (actress) (c. 1869 - January 17, 1957) Born in Louisville, Kentucky.
Kathryn Kidder (1868 – September 7, 1939) Also known as Mrs. L.K. Anspacher, she was born in Newark, New Jersey.
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.
Sarah Kirby-Stark (1813–1898)
Mrs. Edward Knight (July 26, 1804 - 1861) Born Mary Ann Povey in Birmingham, England.

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Miriam Nesbitt (September 14, 1873 - August 11, 1954) Born in Chicago, Illinois.
Alice Nielsen (June 7, 1872 - March 8, 1943) Born in Nashville, Tennessee.

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Alice Oates (September 22, 1849 - January 10, 1887) Born Alice Merritt in Nashville, Tennessee.
Maude Odell (November 10, 1870 - February 27, 1939) Born in Beaufort, South Carolina, she was also known as Maude O'Dell, Tillie Doremus and Maude Odell Doremus.
Peggy O'Neil (June 16, 1898 - January 7, 1960) Born in Gneeveguilla, County Kerry, Ireland.
Julie Opp (January 28, 1871 - April 9, 1921) Born in New York City.
Elita Proctor Otis (1851/1860 - August 10, 1927) Born in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Josie Sadler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Josie_Sadler
Julia Sanderson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Sanderson
Sibyl Sanderson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibyl_Sanderson
Zelda Sears https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zelda_Sears
Evelyn Selbie https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evelyn_Selbie
Selene Johnson https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selene_Johnson
Effie Shannon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Effie_Shannon
Truly Shattuck https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truly_Shattuck
Charlotte Shelby https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Shelby
Sydney Shields https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Shields
Catherine Norton Sinclair https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Norton_Sinclair
Beverley Sitgreaves https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beverley_Sitgreaves
Rose Stahl https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Stahl
Genevieve Stebbins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genevieve_Stebbins
Rowena Granice Steele https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowena_Granice_Steele

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Edith Taliaferro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Taliaferro
Fay Templeton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fay_Templeton
Gertrude Thanhouser https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gertrude_Thanhouser
Bessie Thomashefsky https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Thomashefsky
Minnie Tittell Brune https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Tittell_Brune
Helen Tracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Tracy
Sarah Truax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Truax
Carrie Turner (actress) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Turner_(actress)
Florence Turner https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Turner
Odette Tyler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odette_Tyler
Elizabeth Tyree https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Tyree

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Geraldine Ulmar (June 23, 1862 - August 13, 1932) Born Annie Geraldine Ulmar in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Isabelle Urquhart (December 9, 1865 - February 7, 1907) Born in New York City.

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Grace Van Studdiford (January 8, 1873 - January 29, 1927) Born Grace Quivey in North Manchester, Indiana.
Marie van Zandt (October 8 1858 - December 31, 1919) Born in Manhattan, New York City.
Vera Freeman (1865 - 1896)

Mary Ann Vincent (September 18, 1818 - September 4, 1887) Born in Portsmouth, England.
Annie Von Behren (1857 - November 30, 1882) Born in New York City.

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Marie Wainwright (May 8, 1853 - August 17, 1923) Born Marie Page Wainwright in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Charlotte Walker (December 20, 1876 – March 23, 1958) Born Charlotte Ganahl Walker in Galveston, Texas.
Aida Overton Walker (February 14, 1880 – October 11, 1914) Born Aida Overton in Richmond, Virginia. She also spelled her name "Ada."
Blanche Walsh (January 4, 1873 – October 31, 1915) Born in New York City.
Fannie Ward (February 22, 1872 – January 27, 1952) Born Fannie Buchanan in St. Louis, Missouri.
Helen Ware (October 15, 1877 – January 25, 1939) Born Helen Remer in San Francisco, California.
Ida Waterman (March 10, 1852 – May 22, 1941) Born Ida Shaw in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Stella Weaver (1856 – June 3, 1936) Born Stella Boniface Weaver in Richmond, Virginia.
Mary E. Webb (1828 – June 17, 1859) Born Mary Espartero Webb in New Bedford, Massachusetts.
Rebecca Weintraub (1873-July 30, 1952) Born in Odessa, Russian Empire.
Lucille Western (January 8, 1843 - January 11, 1877) Born Pauline Lucille Western.
Helen Westley (March 28, 1875 – December 12, 1942) Born Henrietta Remsen Meserole Manney in Brooklyn, New York.
Sarah Wheatley (1790 - July 1854) Born Sarah Ross in St. John, New Brunswick.
Blanche Whiffen (1845–1936) Born Blanche Galton, and also known as Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, in London, England.
Whitman Sisters
- Mabel (May) Whitman (1880 - 1942) Born in Ohio.
- Essie Barbara Whitman (July 4, 1882 - May 7, 1963) Born in Osceola, Arkansas.
- Alberta "Bert" Whitman (1887 - 1964) Born in Kansas.
- Alice Whitman (1900 - December 29, 1968) Born in Georgia.
Dora Wiley (1852/53 - November 2, 1924) Born in Bucksport, Maine.
Bertha M. Wilson (August 14, 1874 – 1936) Born Bertha May Wilson in Missouri.
Jennie Worrell (1850 - August 11, 1899) Born in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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Ellen Beach Yaw (September 14, 1869 - September 9, 1947) Born near Buffalo, New York.
Annie Yeamans (November 19, 1835 - March 3, 1912) Born Annie Griffiths Yeamans outside of the United States.
May Yohé (April 6, 1866 - August 29, 1938) Born Mary Augusta Yohe in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.
Rida Johnson Young (February 28, 1875 - May 8, 1926) Born in Baltimore, Maryland.

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 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Cahill Marie Cahill] (December 29, 1866 - August 23, 1933) Born Mary "Marie" Cahill in Brooklyn, New York.
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 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Caine Georgia Caine] (October 30, 1876 - April 4, 1964) Born in San Francisco, California.
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 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mrs._Leslie_Carter Leslie Carter] (June 10, 1857 - November 13, 1937) Born Caroline Louise Dudley in Lexington, Kentucky.
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 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Carus Emma Carus] (March 18, 1879 - November 18, 1927) Born in New York City.
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Carver Louise Carver] (June 9, 1869 - June 18, 1956) Born Mary Louise Stieger in Davenport, Iowa.
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 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Cayvan Georgia Cayvan] (August 22, 1857 - November 19, 1906) Born Georgie Eva Cayvan in Bath, Maine.
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Baker_Chanfrau Henrietta Baker Chanfrau] (1837 - 1909) Born Jeannette Davis in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.