Laura Keene

Laura Keene (20 July 1826 – 4 November 1873) was a British stage actress and theatre manager. In her twenty-year career, she became known as the first powerful female manager in New York. She is most famous for being the lead actress in the play Our American Cousin, which was attended by President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., on the evening of his assassination.

Personal facts

Laura Keene
Alias (AKA)Moss Mary Frances
Birth dateJuly 20, 1826
Birth nameMary Frances Moss
Birth place
England , Winchester
cause of death
Tuberculosis
Date of deathNovember 04, 1873
Place of death
Montclair New Jersey
Resting place
Green-Wood Cemetery

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