Henrietta Baker Chanfrau (c. 1837–1909) was an American stage actress. Born Jeannette Davis in Philadelphia, before her marriage her stage name was Henrietta Baker. She made her début as a vocalist during the summer of 1854 at the

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in Philadelphia under the management of Professor Mueller. Her first appearance at a regular theatre was at the city museum on September 9, 1854, as Miss Apsley in ''

The Willow Copse ''The Willow Copse'' is an English play by Dion Boucicault adapted from the French play ''La Closerie des Genêts'' by Frédéric Soulié. It debuted in England at the Adelphi Theatre on November 26, 1849 with a cast included Madame Céleste as Ro ...

''. A short time afterward she became a member of the Arch Street Theatre, where she remained nearly two seasons. She became a member of the company when the National in Cincinnati, Ohio, was opened by Lewis Baker for the 1857–58 season. After a long absence from New York City, in late 1886 she appeared at the reopening of the Fourteenth Street Theatre as Linda Colmore in '' The Scapegoat''. She married actor

Frank Chanfrau Francis S. Chanfrau (1824 – October 2, 1884) was an American actor and theatre manager in the 19th century. He began his career playing bit parts and doing impressions of star actors such as Edwin Forrest and of ethnic groups. In 1848, he appe ...

in July 1858. She died in

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, September 21, 1909.

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