Stella Boniface Weaver (1856 – June 3, 1936) was a stage actress from

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. In the late 1870s and 1880s she was an important member of the company of Lester Wallack, at 13th Street and Broadway (Manhattan). She appeared in Wallack productions of ''False Shame'' (1877), '' The School For Scandal'' (1878), ''Our Club'' (1878), and ''My Son'' (1878).

Stage career

The daughter of

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, Weaver went on stage as a youth. Her fellow actors included

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, John T. Raymond, and

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. In 1878 Weaver teamed with Charles Coghlan, Rose Coghlan, and

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in ''The Snowball''. The same year she was featured in ''Our Girls'' by H.J. Byron and appeared with

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in a revival of ''The Shaughraun''. She acted with Gilbert, Wallack, and

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in an original production of ''A Child of the State''. She supported Wallack in ''My Awful Dad'', somewhat later. At Harrigan's Park Theatre, later renamed the Herald Square Theatre, Weaver was in ''Old Levender'' with Edward Harrigan. She played in a rendition of ''Ben Hur'' produced by Klaw and Erlanger and a staging of ''The First Year'', produced by John Golden.

Death

She died at the Home For Incurables in 1936. For many years she resided at the Percy Williams Home on

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. Weaver was survived by a sister, Mrs. Horace McVicker. She had a private funeral and is buried in Fairview Cemetery, in Red Bank, New Jersey.''Stella B. Weaver, Actress of '80s, Dies'', New York Times, June 4, 1936, pg. 23.

References

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