List of American women in 19th century theater
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- Emma Abbott - (December 9, 1850 - January 5, 1891) Opera soprano from Chicago, Illinois. Awarded a contract with the Royal Opera in London and debuted at Covent Garden. Returned to America and founded the Abbott English Opera Company with her husband Eugene Wetherell, gaining a successful reputation. Abbot sang in the company as Juliette in Charles Gounod's Romeo et Juliette (1867).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_Abbott
- Bessie Abott (1878-February 9, 1919) Born Bessie Pickens in Heuvelton, New York. American operatic soprano who made her professional debut at Pickens Hall (built by her grandfather, John Pickens Sr.). Performed in Charles Gounod's Romeo et Juliette as Juliette.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Abott
- 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
- Maude Adams
- Suzanne Adams
- Sara Adler
- Ullie Akerstrom
- Viola Alberti
- Viola Allen
- Mary Anderson (actress, born 1859)
B
Emily Bancker
Charlotte Mary Sanford Barnes
Ethel Barrymore
Isabel Bateman
Kate Josephine Bateman
Sidney Frances Bateman
Virginia Frances Bateman
Blanche Bates
Nora Bayes
Louise Beaudet
Rose Beaudet
Laura Joyce Bell
Ann West Bignall
Amelia Bingham
Kitty Blanchard
Lillian Blauvelt
Clara Bloodgood
Marjorie Bonner (19th century actress)
Jessie Bonstelle
Agnes Booth
Elizabeth Crocker Bowers
Belle Boyd
May Brookyn
Cora Urquhart Brown-Potter
Nellie Marie Burns
Marie Burroughs
Jessie Busley
Sarah Hildreth Butler
C
Marie Cahill
Georgia Caine
Beatrice Cameron
Mrs. 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
Henrietta Crosman
Charlotte Cushman
Pauline Cushman
Susan Webb Cushman
D
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, born 1830)
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
Eliza Crisp
Eliza Riddle Field
Elizabeth Hamblin
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
Kate Field
Margarita Fischer
Minnie Maddern Fiske
Harriet Ford
Louise Woodworth Foss
Della Fox
Frances Denny Drake
Irene Franklin
Olive Fremstad
Emma Sheridan Fry
G
Minna Gale
Bertha Galland
Grace George
Effie Germon
Sylvia Gerrish
Amelia Holman Gilfert
Lulu Glaser
Katherine Grey (actress)
Louise Gunning
H
Louise Closser Hale
Laura Nelson Hall
Pauline Hall
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
J
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
K
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
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
Virginia Monier
Annabelle Moore
Polly Moran
Jane Morgan (actress)
Giuseppina Morlacchi
Clara Morris
Anna Cora Mowatt
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Miriam Nesbitt
Alice Nielsen
O
Alice Oates
Maude Odell
Peggy O'Neil
Julie Opp
Elita Proctor Otis
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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 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, born 1871) May Robson Genevieve Rogers Rose Sydell Isadore Rush Ada Dwyer Russell Annie Russell Lillian Russell S Josie Sadler Julia Sanderson Sibyl Sanderson Zelda Sears Evelyn Selbie Selene Johnson Effie Shannon Truly Shattuck Charlotte Shelby Sydney Shields Catherine Norton Sinclair Beverley Sitgreaves Rose Stahl Genevieve Stebbins Rowena Granice Steele T Edith Taliaferro Fay Templeton Gertrude Thanhouser Bessie Thomashefsky Minnie Tittell Brune Helen Tracy Sarah Truax Carrie Turner (actress) Florence Turner Odette Tyler Elizabeth Tyree U Geraldine Ulmar Isabelle Urquhart V Grace Van Studdiford Marie van Zandt Vera Freeman Mary Ann Vincent Annie Von Behren 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 Y Ellen Beach Yaw Annie Yeamans May Yohé Rida Johnson Young