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Laura Keene (20 July 1826 – 4 November 1873) was a British stage actress and theatre manager. In her twenty-year career, she became known as the first powerful female manager in New York.
While Laura Keene is mostly remembered for being at Ford’s Theatre the night of the Lincoln assassination, history should remember her for the entire trailblazing, exciting, and fulfilling life she led as an actress, theatre manager, mother, and entrepreneurial woman. On July 20, 1826, Mary Frances Moss was born in London, England.
Laura Keene (born c. 1826, London, Eng.—died Nov. 4, 1873, Montclair, N.J., U.S.) was an actress and the first notable female theatre manager in the United States. Mary Moss, as her name is believed to have been originally, grew up in obscurity.
Acushnet’s Laura Keene (1826-1873) is best known as an actress who starred in Our American Cousin at Ford's Theater the night President Lincoln was assassinated. Much more than an actress, she was an entrepreneur, playwright, director and theater manager.
4 de mar. de 2021 · National Civil War Museum CEO Wayne Motts tells the story of Laura Keene, a British-born actress who came to the United States and made a career in theater. ...
12 de oct. de 2021 · Keene was in the wings awaiting her cue when the President was shot by the actor John Wilkes Booth. She claimed to have held the Lincoln’s head and that her gown was soaked with his blood, although many suspect that the tale may have been a fabrication.
14 de abr. de 2015 · Laura Keene was a British actress and stage manager who starred in Our American Cousin, the play that Lincoln attended before he was shot. Learn about her career, her claim of holding Lincoln's head, and the myths surrounding her involvement in the tragedy.
