Mary Devlin Booth

Mrs. Edwin Booth (Mary Devlin), three-quarter length studio portrait, seated with right hand resting on the arm of the chair and left hand on lap, facing front

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Title

Mary Devlin Booth

Subject

Booth, Mary Devlin, 1840-1863
Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
Actors and Actresses--US American

Description

She is the first wife of Edwin Booth and performs the Juliet to Cushman's Romeo in 1858. She performs (Juliet) with Cushman in her farewell tour: April 26 - May 8 (Baltimore), May 31 - June 12 (Boston), June 21-July 6 (Niblo's, New York). She marries Edwin Booth on July 7, 1860 and gives birth to Edwina Booth in London on Dec 9, 1861.

Type

Person
Reference

Person Item Type Metadata

Birth Date

1840

Birthplace

Sand Lake, NY, US

Death Date

1863-02-21

Biographical Text

Booth, Mary Devlin. The Letters and Notebooks of Mary Devlin Booth. Edited by L. Terry Oggel. Greenwood Press, 1987.

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Citation

“Mary Devlin Booth,” Archival Gossip Collection, accessed April 24, 2024, https://archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/485.

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