Claxton, Kate : 1848-1924

Name : Claxton, Kate : (Mrs. Charles A. Stevenson)
Occupation : actress
Born : at Somerville, N.J. (in 1848)
Died : May 5, 1924
Parents : Daughter of Spencer Wallace and Josephine [Martinez] Cone, granddaughter of Rev. Spencer Houghton Cone

Married : Charles A. Stevenson, Mar. 3, 1878

First professional engagement with Miss Lotta, Chicago, 1870; fall of same year joined Augustin Daly's 5th Avenue Theatre, New York; became member of A. M. Palmer's Union Square Theatre, spring of 1872; left Union Square Theatre Company to star in "Conscience", 1876; was playing in Brooklyn Theatre when it caught fire, Dec. 5, 1876 and was in Southern Hotel, St. Louis, when it burned, 1877.  By coolness saving own life as well as that of brother; traveled with own company until 1904; best remembered for performance in "Frou, Frou", "Called Back", "The Double Marriage", "Pauvrette", Ogarita in "The Sea of Ice", and the blind girl in "The Two Orphans".  Played the role of Louise more than 4,000 times.

Home : Larchmont Manor, New York

~ Who's Who in America, Vol. 13, 1924-1925, Edited by Albert Nelson Marquis, Printed by A. N Marquis & Company in Chicago, IL, Page 734-735 (Necrology Page 164 : Deaths Reported During Course of Printing Who's Who in America).

You can visit the memorial page for Kate Eliza Claxton.