Years active
1870-1908
Stage Name // Legal/Birth Name
Ella Wesner, The Captain // Ella Wesner
Spouse – Helen Josephine (Josie) Mansfield (1847-1931)
Country of Origin
USA
Category
Ballet Dancer, Male Impersonator
Day Birth – Day Death
May 29, 1841 – November 10, 1917
(Buried at The Evergreens Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, NY)
Bio
Ella Wesner was from a family […]
Years active
1864-1904
In the US Active:
1868-1904
Stage Name // Legal/Birth Name
Annie Hindle; the Great Hindle; and Charles Ryan (first name in the UK but changed it to her real name Annie Hindle prior to coming to the US)
Annie Hindle (adopted by Ann Hindle)
Country of Origin
United Kingdom, England
Category
Male Impersonator
Day […]
Years active
1862-1901
Stage Name // Legal/Birth Name
Bessie Bonehill & Jack Wellington (from the musical comedy “Playmates”)
Betsey Bonehill; her gravestone says “Betsey Smith otherwise Bessie Bonehill.”
Was married to:
Louis William Abrahams (had 3 children); and to William Robert Seeley (had 1 child)
Country of Origin
United Kingdom, England
Category
Male impersonator, Pantomime, and […]
Years active
1791-1795
Stage Name // Legal/Birth Name
Euphrosyne Löf
Country of Origin
Sweden, Stockholm
Category
Breeches Roles
Day Birth – Day Death
1772-1828
Bio
Euphrosyne Löf was the daughter of Johan Gottfrid Löf, a taffeltäckare (literally table coverer) at the royal court, and Catharina Charlotta Stålhammar. And she was the sister of the famed actress Fredrique […]
Years active
1688 – 1709
Stage Name // Legal/Birth Name
Anne Bracegirdle
Country of Origin
United Kingdom, England
Category
Breeches Roles
Day Birth – Day Death
1673 – 1748
Bio
She was the daughter of Martha and Justinian Bracegirdle, who was believed to be a coachman. There are conflicting records on Anne’s life so the precise date […]
Years active
1685-1723
Stage Name // Legal/Birth Name
Susanna Centlivre, Susanna Carroll // Susanna Freeman
Country of Origin
United Kingdom, England
Category
Breeches Roles
Day Birth – Day Death
1669 – 1723
Bio
Susanna Centlivre was an actress, poet, and playwright. She was widely considered one of the most influential female playwrights of the eighteenth century. Several […]