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:
  - 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

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

B

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.
- Hamnet Records for Kate Bateman
Sidney Frances Bateman (March 29, 1823 - January 13, 1881) Born Sidney Frances Cowell in England.
- Hamnet Records for Sidney Frances Bateman
Virginia Frances Bateman (January 1, 1853 - May 4, 1940) Born in New York, she was also known as Mrs. Edward Compton and Virginia Mackenzie.
- Hamnet Records for Virginia Bateman
Blanche Bates (August 25, 1873 - December 25, 1941) Born in Portland, Oregon.
- Hamnet Records for Blanche Bates
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.
- Hamnet Records for Lillian Blauvelt
Agnes Booth (October 4, 1843 - January 2, 1910) Born Marian Agnes Land Rookes in Sydney, New South Wales.
- Hamnet Records for Agnes Booth
Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter (May 15, 1857 - February 12, 1936) Born Mary Cora Urquhart in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- Hamnet Records for Cora Urquhart Potter
Marie Burroughs (1866 - March 4, 1926) Born Lillie Arrington in San Jose, California.
- Hamnet Records for Marie Burroughs

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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
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
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.
- Hamnet Records for Georgia Cayvan
Henrietta Baker Chanfrau (1837 - 1909) Born Jeannette Davis in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Hamnet Records for Henrietta Baker Chanfrau
Caroline Chapman (c. 1818 - May 8, 1876) Born in San Francisco, California.
- Hamnet Records for Caroline Chapman
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

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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

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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

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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)
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

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.

K

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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O

Elita Proctor Otis (1851/1860 - August 10, 1927) Born in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Effie Shannon
- Hamnet Record
Truly Shattuck
- Hamnet Record
Catherine Norton Sinclair
- Hamnet Record

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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.
- Hamnet Records for Annie Yeamans

For more 19th century American actresses not included in the Folger Collection, see the following list:

Wikipedia American Shakespearean Actresses of the 19th Century

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 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Crosman '''Henrietta Crosman'''] (September 2, 1861 - October 31, 1944) Born Henrietta Foster Crosman in Wheeling, West Virginia.
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 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Cushman '''Charlotte Cushman'''] (July 23, 1816 - February 18, 1876) Born Charlotte Suanders Cushman in Boston, Massachusetts.
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-*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Closser_Hale '''Louise Closser Hale'''] (October 13, 1872 – July 26, 1933) Born Louise Closser in Chicago, Illinois.
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Nelson_Hall '''Laura Nelson Hall'''] (July 11, 1876 – July 11, 1936) Born Laura Barnhurst in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
+**Hamnet Record
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pauline_Hall '''Pauline Hall'''] (February 26, 1860 – December 29, 1919) Born Pauline Fredrika Schmidgall in Cincinnati, Ohio.
-*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Hamblin '''Elizabeth Hamblin'''] (1799 - 1849) Born Elizabeth Blanchard.
+**Hamnet Record
+***Y.c.3858 (1-7)
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_Harned '''Virginia Harned'''] (May 29, 1868 – April 29, 1946) Born Virginia Hicks in Boston, Massachusetts.
-*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Harrison '''Alice Harrison'''] (1849 – May 3, 1896)
+**Hamnet Record
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Haswell '''Percy Haswell'''] (April 30, 1871 - June 14, 1945) Born in Austin, Texas. She was also billed as Miss Percy Haswell and Mrs. George Fawcett.
-*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ella_Hattan '''Ella Hattan'''] (1859 - unknown) Born in Zanesville, Ohio. She was also known as La Jaguarina.
+**Hamnet Record
-*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Henderson '''Grace Henderson'''] (January 1860 – October 30, 1944) Born Grace C. F. Roth in Ann Arbor, Michigan. she was also known as Grace C.F. Roth Henderson.
-*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogarita_Booth_Henderson '''Ogarita Booth Henderson'''] (October 23, 1859 – April 12, 1892) Bor Ogarita Elizabeth Bellows in Providence, Rhode Island. She also went by the name Ogarita Wilkes, Rita Booth, and Ogarita Booth Henderson.
-*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beatrice_Herford '''Beatrice Herford''']
-*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_McNeil_Herndon '''Adrienne McNeil Herndon''']
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrystal_Herne '''Chrystal Herne''']
+**Hamnet Record
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bijou_Heron '''Bijou Heron''']
+**Hamnet Record
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matilda_Heron '''Matilda Heron''']
-*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Hite '''Mabel Hite''']
+**Hamnet Record
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edna_Wallace_Hopper '''Edna Wallace Hopper''']
-*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Horn '''Kate Horn''']
+**Hamnet Record
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Hosmer '''Jean Hosmer''']
-*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lotty_Hough '''Lotty Hough''']
+**Hamnet Record
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jobyna_Howland '''Jobyna Howland''']
+**Hamnet Record
 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caroline_Miskel_Hoyt '''Caroline Miskel Hoyt''']
-*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyers_Sisters '''Hyers Sisters''']
+**Hamnet Record
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 *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Irving '''Isabel Irving'''] (February 18, 1871 - September 1, 1944) Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut.
+**Hamnet Record
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