Lily Post (1856-1899) was an American actress and operatic soprano in the 1880s and 1890s. She appeared on stage with

Marie Jansen Marie Jansen (born Harriet Mary Johnson;"Made $500,000, Marie Jansen Went Through It All", ''Lowell Sun'', Lowell, Massachusetts, June 2, 1904, p. 11 November 18, 1857 – March 20, 1914At her death, ''The New York Times'' reported that Jansen wa ...

, Fanny Rice, and

Mathilde Cottrelly Mathilde Cottrelly (February 7, 1851 in Hamburg, Germany – June 15, 1933 in Tuckerton, New Jersey) (''née Meyer'') was a German born stage actress, singer, producer and theatre manager. She was popular on Broadway in the 1880s until the 1920s. ...

. She sang music by Edward Solomon and Signor Perugini, two men who had been married to Lillian Russell. In 1893 she introduced a pop piece called ''Momma's Love Song''. In January 1890 Post was granted a divorce from performer Frank Blair. They had one child and the issue of child support became a factor as Blair did not want to pay support as Post was rich from her theatrical earnings. In 1889 Post reportedly married Will H. Morton, a Chicago theater manager and they remained married until his death in 1895. He entered an insane asylum then died from paresis, a common symptom of syphilis. Like her husband she entered a sanitarium or insane asylum on April 3, 1899, in San Francisco, having been admitted there by her son. She had been called demented in the press of the day. She died April 4, 1899, having been stricken with a heart attack, sometimes a complication of syphilis.

Some works

*''The Queen's Lace Handkerchief'' (1882–83) *''The Black Hussar'' (1885)''Pictorial History of the American Theatre: 1860-1970'', p.36 c.1969 by Daniel Blum *''Bluebeard Jr.'' (1889)

References

External links

Lily Post at Internet Broadway Databaseportraits
of Lily Post with

in ''The Black Hussar'' 1885 (City Museum of New York) {{DEFAULTSORT:Post, Lily 1856 births 1899 deaths American opera singers 19th-century American actresses American stage actresses