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Virginia Dreher

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Virginia Dreher
Born
Jennie Cummings Murphy

1857/59
Kentucky, U.S.
DiedNovember 11, 1898
OccupationActor
Years active1883-1889
Spouses
  • Paul Dreher
George Postlethwaite
(m. 1888)
Children1

Virginia Dreher ( born Jennie Cummings Murphy; 1857/59- November 11, 1898),[1] was an American stage actress of the late Victorian era. She was a leading actress in the Augustin Daly company of the 1880s.

She was married to physician Paul Dreher and, after his death, to stockbroker and railroad magnate George Postlethwaite.[2]

After her first husband's death a theater manager in Louisville, Kentucky, hired her to perform despite her lack of experience on stage. Daly heard of her work there and hired her for his company.[2]

She died in Arizona from tuberculosis in 1898.

References

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  1. ^ American and British Theatrical Biography, p.324 by J. P. Wearing c.1979 ISBN 0-8108-1201-0
  2. ^ a b "Married and Happy". Chattanooga Daily Times. January 1, 1893. p. 15. Retrieved April 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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