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.

Laura Keene made her debut in England on October 8, 1851, in Richmond, on the southwest side of London. She successfully played the tragic role of Juliet in Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet. …

Laura Keene (born c. 1826, London, Eng.—died Nov. 4, 1873, Montclair, N.J., U.S.) was an actress and the first notable female theatre manager in the United States. Mary Moss, as her …

Born Mary Frances Moss, in London, England, she came to the United States in 1852 and quickly found success on the American stage. In 1855, she made history becoming the first female …

Acushnet’s Laura Keene (1826-1873) is best known as an actress who starred in Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater the night President Lincoln was assassinated. Much more than an …

Laura Keene was an American actress; she came into the limelight after taking a lead role in the play Our American Cousin, a play attended by President Abraham Lincoln. She was also the …

After performing with Madame Vestris’ company, Keene journeyed to New York in 1852 at the invitation of James W. Wallack. She became the leading lady of his theater and enjoyed great …

Nov 4, 2023 · Laura Keene, a renowned British-American stage actress, is celebrated for her pivotal role as the first influential female theater manager, instrumental in establishing New …

Apr 14, 2011 · ACUSHNET — Nearly everyone in Acushnet has heard the story of Laura Keene, the actress from "Our American Cousin," who was on the stage at Ford's Theater in …