Annie Lewis
Annie Lewis ( – October 5, 1896) was an American soubrette of light operas and musical comedies who died from tuberculosis in her twenties. Biography Annie B. Lewis was born and raised in Washington D.C. where her father, Charles Lewis, clerked for the United States Department of the Treasury, U.S. Treasury Department. Early on Lewis demonstrated a talent for mimicry and by age four she was performing on stage under the eye of her mother, Amelia Lewis, a former parlor entertainer. At that age her song-and-dance routine oftentimes would be performed atop a piano to enable her to be seen by the audience.
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Marie Burroughs
Marie Burroughs (born Lillie Arrington; 1866 – March 4, 1926) was an American stage actress in the late 19th century. She played prominent roles in many plays, although she never became a first-tier star. Career Burroughs was born in San Jose, California(14 April 1901)Miss Marie Burroughs to Wed a New Yorkers ''San Francisco Call'' in 1866, and raised in San Francisco. By age 17, her promise as an actor was noted by actor Lawrence Barrett, and earned her an invitation to appear in ''The Rajah (play), The Rajah'' at the Madison Square Theatre in New York. She made her Broadway debut in 1884 and assumed her stage name. She was an immediate success, but her acting skills were still raw and it was said that her good looks carried her at first. Actor Louis Massen became her acting coach, and soon after her first husband.
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