Kate Claxton (August 24, 1848 – May 5, 1924) was an American actress.

Biography

Kate Elizabeth Cone was born at Somerville, New Jersey to Spencer Wallace Cone and Josephine Martinez.James, Edward T.; James, Janet Wilson; Boyer, Paul S
"Notable American Women, 1607–1950: A Biographical Dictionary"
p. 345,

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, 1971. . Accessed June 28, 2009. She made her first appearance on the stage in Chicago with

Lotta Crabtree Charlotte Mignon "Lotta" Crabtree (November 7, 1847 – September 25, 1924), also known mononymously as Lotta, was an American actress, entertainer, comedian, and philanthropist. Crabtree was born in New York City and raised in the gold mining ...

in 1870, and in the same year, joined Augustin Daly's Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York City. In 1872, she became a member of A.M. Palmer's Union Square Theatre, playing largely comedy roles. She created the part of Louise in '' The Two Orphans'' and then became known as one of the best emotional actresses of her time. Her first starring tour was in 1876. She was performing the play ''The Two Orphans'' on December 5, 1876, at the Brooklyn Theatre in New York when a fire broke out and killed 278 people. Claxton first married in 1865 to Isadore Lyon; they later divorced. On March 3, 1878, she married Charles A. Stevenson, and in 1911, they divorced. Her son Harold Stevenson committed suicide in 1904. Claxton died due to a cerebral hemorrhage in her apartment in New York City; she was buried in Brooklyn's

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. Claxton, Georgia is said by some local historians to be named for her.Claxton Enterprise
Accessed May 23, 2013.

References

Attribution

Bibliography

*Ryan, Pat M. "Claxton, Kate" ''Notable American Women.'' Vol. 1, 4th ed., The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1975

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