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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Abbott Emma Abbott] - (December 9, 1850 - January 5, 1891) Operatic soprano from Chicago, Illinois | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Abbott Emma Abbott] - (December 9, 1850 - January 5, 1891) Operatic soprano from Chicago, Illinois. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Abott Bessie Abott] (1878-February 9, 1919) Born Bessie Pickens in Heuvelton, New York | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Abott Bessie Abott] (1878-February 9, 1919) Born Bessie Pickens in Heuvelton, New York. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Adelaide_Fowle_Adams Florence Adelaide Fowle Adams] (October 15, 1863 - July 31, 1916) Born Florence Adelaide Fowle in Chelsea, Massachusetts | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Adelaide_Fowle_Adams Florence Adelaide Fowle Adams] (October 15, 1863 - July 31, 1916) Born Florence Adelaide Fowle in Chelsea, Massachusetts. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maude_Adams Maude Adams] (November 11, 1872 - July 17, 1953) Born Maude Ewing Adams Kiskadden in Salt Lake City, Utah | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maude_Adams Maude Adams] (November 11, 1872 - July 17, 1953) Born Maude Ewing Adams Kiskadden in Salt Lake City, Utah. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Adams Suzanne Adams] (November 28, 1872 - February 5, 1953) Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzanne_Adams Suzanne Adams] (November 28, 1872 - February 5, 1953) Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Adler Sara Adler] (May 26, 1858 - April 28, 1953) Born Sara Levitskaya in Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire. | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sara_Adler Sara Adler] (May 26, 1858 - April 28, 1953) Born Sara Levitskaya in Odessa, Ukraine, Russian Empire. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ullie_Akerstrom Ullie Akerstrom] (March 17, 1864 - August 10, 1941) Born Ulrika Akerstrom in New York City | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ullie_Akerstrom Ullie Akerstrom] (March 17, 1864 - August 10, 1941) Born Ulrika Akerstrom in New York City. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Alberti Viola Alberti] (July 10, 1871 - May 8, 1957) Born Mary Viola Alberti in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Alberti Viola Alberti] (July 10, 1871 - May 8, 1957) Born Mary Viola Alberti in Lewistown, Pennsylvania. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Allen Viola Allen] (October 27, 1867 - May 9, 1948) Born Viola Emily Allen in Huntsville, Alabama | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viola_Allen Viola Allen] (October 27, 1867 - May 9, 1948) Born Viola Emily Allen in Huntsville, Alabama. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anderson_(actress,_born_1859) Mary Anderson] (July 28, 1859 - May 29, 1940) Born Mary Antoinette Anderson in Sacramento, California. | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anderson_(actress,_born_1859) Mary Anderson] (July 28, 1859 - May 29, 1940) Born Mary Antoinette Anderson in Sacramento, California. | ||
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Bancker Emily Bancker] (1861/62 - June 5, 1897) | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Bancker Emily Bancker] (1861/62 - June 5, 1897) | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Mary_Sanford_Barnes Charlotte Mary Sanford Barnes] (1818 - April 14, 1863) Born in | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Mary_Sanford_Barnes Charlotte Mary Sanford Barnes] (1818 - April 14, 1863) Born in Massachusetts. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Barrymore Ethel Barrymore] (August 15, 1879 - June 18, 1959) Born Ethel Mae Blythe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethel_Barrymore Ethel Barrymore] (August 15, 1879 - June 18, 1959) Born Ethel Mae Blythe in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Bateman Isabel Bateman] (December 28, 1854 - 1934) Born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Played Desdemona in Othello at the Lyceum theatre, London. | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabel_Bateman Isabel Bateman] (December 28, 1854 - 1934) Born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Played Desdemona in Othello at the Lyceum theatre, London. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Josephine_Bateman Kate Josephine Bateman Crowe] (October 7, 1842 - April 8, 1917) Born Kate Josephine Bateman in Baltimore, Maryland | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kate_Josephine_Bateman Kate Josephine Bateman Crowe] (October 7, 1842 - April 8, 1917) Born Kate Josephine Bateman in Baltimore, Maryland. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Frances_Bateman Sidney Frances Bateman] (March 29, 1823 - January 13, 1881) Born Sidney Frances Cowell in England | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Frances_Bateman Sidney Frances Bateman] (March 29, 1823 - January 13, 1881) Born Sidney Frances Cowell in England. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_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 | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia_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. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Bates Blanche Bates] (August 25, 1873 - December 25, 1941) Born in Portland, Oregon. | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanche_Bates Blanche Bates] (August 25, 1873 - December 25, 1941) Born in Portland, Oregon. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Bayes Nora Bayes] (October 3, 1880 - March 19, 1928) Born Rachel Eleanora Goldberg in Chicago, Illinois | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nora_Bayes Nora Bayes] (October 3, 1880 - March 19, 1928) Born Rachel Eleanora Goldberg in Chicago, Illinois. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Beaudet Louise Beaudet] (December 5, 1859 - December 31, 1947) Born Marie Louise Anna Beaudet in Lothbiniere, Quebec, Canada | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louise_Beaudet Louise Beaudet] (December 5, 1859 - December 31, 1947) Born Marie Louise Anna Beaudet in Lothbiniere, Quebec, Canada. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Beaudet Rose Beaudet] (1862 - 1947) Born Eliza Lang in Stockton, California near San Francisco. | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Beaudet Rose Beaudet] (1862 - 1947) Born Eliza Lang in Stockton, California near San Francisco. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Joyce_Bell Laura Joyce Bell] (May 1854 - May 30, 1904) Born Laura Joyce Maskell in London, England | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura_Joyce_Bell Laura Joyce Bell] (May 1854 - May 30, 1904) Born Laura Joyce Maskell in London, England. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_West_Bignall Ann West Bignall] (1760's - 1805) Born Ann West | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_West_Bignall Ann West Bignall] (1760's - 1805) Born Ann West. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Bingham Amelia Bingham] (March 20, 1869 - September 1, 1927) Born Amelia Swilley Bingham in Hicksville, Ohio. | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amelia_Bingham Amelia Bingham] (March 20, 1869 - September 1, 1927) Born Amelia Swilley Bingham in Hicksville, Ohio. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Blanchard Kitty Blanchard] (1847 - December 14, 1911) Born Elizabeth Blanchard from Pennsylvania. | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitty_Blanchard Kitty Blanchard] (1847 - December 14, 1911) Born Elizabeth Blanchard from Pennsylvania. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Blauvelt Lillian Blauvelt] (1873 - 1947) Born in New York City | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lillian_Blauvelt Lillian Blauvelt] (1873 - 1947) Born in New York City. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Bloodgood Clara Bloodgood] (August 23, 1870 - December 5, 1907) Born in Long Branch, New Jersey. | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clara_Bloodgood Clara Bloodgood] (August 23, 1870 - December 5, 1907) Born in Long Branch, New Jersey. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Bonner_(19th_century_actress) Marjorie Bonner] (d. November 15, 1895) Born Catherine F. Goodwin and not associated with Marjorie Bonner of the Ziegfeld Follies. | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marjorie_Bonner_(19th_century_actress) Marjorie Bonner] (d. November 15, 1895) Born Catherine F. Goodwin and not associated with Marjorie Bonner of the Ziegfeld Follies. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Bonstelle Jessie Bonstelle] (November 1871 - October 14, 1932) Born Laura Justine Bonstelle in Greece, New York | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Bonstelle Jessie Bonstelle] (November 1871 - October 14, 1932) Born Laura Justine Bonstelle in Greece, New York. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Booth Agnes Booth] (October 4, 1843 - January 2, 1910) Born Marian Agnes Land Rookes in Sydney, New South Wales | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnes_Booth Agnes Booth] (October 4, 1843 - January 2, 1910) Born Marian Agnes Land Rookes in Sydney, New South Wales. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Crocker_Bowers Elizabeth Crocker Bowers] (March 12, 1830 - November 6, 1895) Born in Stamford, Connecticut and professionally known as Mrs. D.P. Bowers | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Crocker_Bowers Elizabeth Crocker Bowers] (March 12, 1830 - November 6, 1895) Born in Stamford, Connecticut and professionally known as Mrs. D.P. Bowers. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Brookyn May Brookyn] (1854/59 - February 15, 1894) Born in Greater London, England. | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Brookyn May Brookyn] (1854/59 - February 15, 1894) Born in Greater London, England. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_Urquhart_Brown-Potter Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter] (May 15, 1857 - February 12, 1936) Born Mary Cora Urquhart in New Orleans, Louisiana | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cora_Urquhart_Brown-Potter Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter] (May 15, 1857 - February 12, 1936) Born Mary Cora Urquhart in New Orleans, Louisiana. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Marie_Burns Nellie Marie Burns] (1850s - June 16, 1897) Born Ellen Marie Sherman in Waltham, Massachusetts | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nellie_Marie_Burns Nellie Marie Burns] (1850s - June 16, 1897) Born Ellen Marie Sherman in Waltham, Massachusetts. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Burroughs Marie Burroughs] (1866 - March 4, 1926) Born Lillie Arrington in San Jose, California. | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Burroughs Marie Burroughs] (1866 - March 4, 1926) Born Lillie Arrington in San Jose, California. | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Busley Jessie Busley] (1869 - 1950) | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie_Busley Jessie Busley] (1869 - 1950) | ||
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Hildreth_Butler Sarah Hildreth Butler] (August 17, 1816 - April 8, 1876) Born Sarah Jones Hildreth in Dracut, Massachusetts | *[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Hildreth_Butler Sarah Hildreth Butler] (August 17, 1816 - April 8, 1876) Born Sarah Jones Hildreth in Dracut, Massachusetts. | ||
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Revision as of 15:06, 29 May 2020
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- Emma Abbott - (December 9, 1850 - January 5, 1891) Operatic soprano from Chicago, Illinois.
- 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.
- 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.
- Mary Anderson (July 28, 1859 - May 29, 1940) Born Mary Antoinette Anderson in Sacramento, California.
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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. Played Desdemona in Othello at the Lyceum theatre, London.
- 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.
- 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.
- Lillian Blauvelt (1873 - 1947) Born in New York City.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- Georgia Caine
- Beatrice Cameron
- Leslie Carter
- Emma Carus
- Louise Carver
- Georgia Cayvan
- Henrietta Baker Chanfrau
- Beatrice Chanler
- Caroline Chapman
- Edythe Chapman
- Charlotte Baldwin
- Alfreda Chippendale
- Gertrude Claire
- Ada Clare
- Marguerite Clark
- Kate Claxton
- Viola Katherine Clemmons
- Josephine Clifton
- Ella Maria Dietz Clymer
- Laura Sedgwick Collins
- Nanette Comstock
- Ida Conquest
- Sarah Crocker Conway
- Ethyle Cooke
- Mabelle Gilman Corey
- Mae Costello
- Lotta Crabtree
- Marcella Craft
- Maida Craigen
- Laura Hope Crews
- Eliza Crisp
- Henrietta Crosman
- Charlotte Cushman
- Pauline Cushman
- Susan Webb Cushman
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- Margaret Dale (actress)
- Helen Dauvray
- Alice Davenport
- Milla Davenport
- Phoebe Davies
- Fay Davis
- 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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- Virginia Earle
- Elise, Countess of Edla
- Maxine Elliott
- Edith Ellis (playwright)
- Effie Ellsler
- Agnes Ethel
- Lizzie Evans
- Pearl Eytinge
- Rose Eytinge
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- Maude Fealy
- Elsie Ferguson
- Bijou Fernandez
- Eliza Riddle Field
- Kate Field
- Margarita Fischer
- Minnie Maddern Fiske
- Harriet Ford
- Louise Woodworth Foss
- Della Fox
- Frances Denny Drake
- Irene Franklin
- Olive Fremstad
- Emma Sheridan Fry
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- Minna Gale
- Bertha Galland
- Grace George
- Effie Germon
- Sylvia Gerrish
- Amelia Holman Gilfert
- Lulu Glaser
- Katherine Grey (actress)
- Louise Gunning
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- Louise Closser Hale
- Laura Nelson Hall
- Pauline Hall
- Elizabeth Hamblin
- Virginia Harned
- Alice Harrison
- Percy Haswell
- Ella Hattan
- Grace Henderson
- Ogarita Booth Henderson
- Beatrice Herford
- Adrienne McNeil Herndon
- Chrystal Herne
- Bijou Heron
- Matilda Heron
- Mabel Hite
- Edna Wallace Hopper
- Kate Horn
- Jean Hosmer
- Lotty Hough
- Jobyna Howland
- Caroline Miskel Hoyt
- Hyers Sisters
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- Isabel Irving (February 18, 1871 - September 1, 1944) Born in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Played the role of Audrey in As You Like It, Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Merry Wives of Windsor.
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- Ethel Jackson
- Fanny Janauschek
- Elsie Janis
- Marie Jansen
- Cornelia Frances Jefferson
- Maud Jeffries
- Izetta Jewel
- Susan Johnstone
- Avonia Jones
- Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones
- Pauline Joran
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- Florence Kahn (actress)
- Bertha Kalich
- Kathleen Kerrigan (actress)
- Kathryn Kidder
- Jennie Kimball
- Sarah Kirby-Stark
- Mrs. Edward Knight
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- Lucille La Verne
- La Sylphe
- Paulina Lavitz
- Lillian Lawrence
- Louise Le Baron
- Sarah Cowell Le Moyne
- Jennie Lee (American actress)
- Lillian Lee
- Mercedes Leigh
- Amy Leslie
- Elsie Leslie
- Annie Lewis
- Clara Lipman
- Keni Liptzin
- Little Tuesday
- Eliza Logan
- Olive Logan
- Marion Lorne
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- 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
- Virginia Monier
- Annabelle Moore
- Polly Moran
- Jane Morgan (actress)
- Giuseppina Morlacchi
- Clara Morris
- Anna Cora Mowatt
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- Miriam Nesbitt (September 14, 1873 - August 11, 1954) Born in Chicago, Illinois, she became a stage and film actress.
- Alice Nielsen (June 7, 1872 - March 8, 1943) Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Alice became a Broadway performer and opera singer. Performed Mozart at Covent Garden.
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- Alice Oates (September 22, 1849 - January 10, 1887) Born Alice Merritt in Nashville, Tennessee, she became an actress, theatre manager and pioneer of American musical theatre.
- 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, she was an Irish-American stage and film actress.
- Julie Opp (January 28, 1871 - April 9, 1921) Born in New York ity, she was an American stage actress. She played the roles of Hymen and Rosalind in productions of As You Like It.
- Elita Proctor Otis (1851/1860 - August 10, 1927) Born in Cleveland, Ohio. Played the role of Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1909 film).
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- 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
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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
- 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, she worked in musical comedy and opera. Signed on to play in Augustin Daly's company in 1882-1883.
V
- Grace Van Studdiford (January 8, 1873 - January 29, 1927) Born Grace Quivey in North Manchester, Indiana, she was an American opera singer and actress.
- Marie van Zandt (October 8 1858 - December 31, 1919) Born in Manhatta, New York City, she was an American soprano opera singer. Appeared at Covent Garden (1879).
- 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, she became a stage actress in 1876 after working at a dry goods store in Brooklyn.
W
- Marie Wainwright
- Charlotte Walker
- Aida Overton Walker
- Blanche Walsh
- Fannie Ward
- Helen Ware
- Ida Waterman
- Stella Weaver
- Mary E. Webb
- Rebecca Weintraub
- Lucille Western
- Helen Westley
- Sarah Wheatley
- Blanche Whiffen
- Whitman Sisters
- Dora Wiley
- Bertha M. Wilson
- Jennie Worrell
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Y
- 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 she was a musical actress.
- Rida Johnson Young (February 28, 1875 - May 8, 1926) Born in Baltimore, Maryland she was a playwrite.
Z