Edwin Booth

Portrait Photograph of Edwin Booth

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Title

Edwin Booth

Subject

Booth, Edwin, 1833-1893
Actors and Actresses--US American

Description

He is an actor an theater owner as well as the brother of Lincoln's murderer John Wilkes Booth. His father is Junius Booth. He is first married to Mary Devlin and later to Mary McVicker.

Type

Person
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Person Item Type Metadata

Birth Date

1833

Birthplace

Belair, Maryland

Death Date

1893

Nationality

US-American

Occupation

actor

Secondary Texts: Comments

Like Fanny, Edwin was socially shy (Krisher 158).

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Citation

“Edwin Booth,” Archival Gossip Collection, accessed April 19, 2024, https://www.archivalgossip.com/collection/items/show/84.

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