Susan Denin

Susan Denin
BornMarch 22, 1835
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedDecember 4, 1875(1875-12-04) (aged 40)
OccupationActor
RelativesKate (sister)

Susan Denin (March 22, 1835 – December 4, 1875) was an American actress.

Biography

Her father died when she was a child, and her mother married an actor, John Winans.[1] When very young, she and her sister Kate took the part of dancing fairies at the National Theatre, Philadelphia. Susan afterward became a favorite in New York City, other parts of the country and Canada, including an 1855 engagement at the Royal Lyceum in Toronto, with her sister Kate.[2] In 1869, she made her first appearance in London, England. She married four times. Her death was the result of a fall on the stage in Indianapolis, Indiana.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Kate Denin Wilson Dead". The New York Times. February 6, 1907. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
  2. ^ "Royal Lyceum". The Globe. September 20, 1855. p. 3.
  3. ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainWilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Denin, Susan" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.