biography
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Keene, Laura
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originally Mary Frances Moss
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (?1820–73)
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| biography:
| Actress and theatre manager, born in London, UK. She went to the USA in 1852, and after instant success in comedies, became the first woman to manage a theatre in the USA (1855), encouraging American playwrights. She was performing at Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC, when Lincoln was assassinated. |
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