Helen Dauvray (February 14, 1859 – December 6, 1923) was an American actress.(20 February 1892)
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''The Illustrated American'', p. 16, 35 She was a star in

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's play ''One of Our Girls'' (1885), among others.

Biography

Dauvray was born on February 14, 1859 in

San Francisco, California San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17th ...

. She married baseball player

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on October 12, 1887. They divorced, though a trophy called the "

Dauvray Cup The Dauvray Cup was a championship trophy awarded in professional baseball from 1887 to 1893. Named after stage actress Helen Dauvray, who presented the cup, it was initially awarded to the winner of the World Series between the National League a ...

" was created during their union in 1887 and awarded until 1893. Books about baseball history recount the details of their celebrity marriage.(19 September 1999)
Same Old Ball Game
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'' In 1896 she married Admiral Albert G. Winterhalter. She died on December 6, 1923 in

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. She was buried at

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with her husband.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Dauvray, Helen 1859 births 1923 deaths Burials at Arlington National Cemetery 19th-century American actresses American stage actresses Actresses from San Francisco