Marietta Judah

Marietta Judah
Marietta Judah playing the Nurse in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet
Bornc. 1812
Died1883
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress

Marietta Judah (c. 1812–1883) was an American stage actress.[1] She was a successful actress in the American South and New York during the 1830s and 1840s and became famous in California of the Old West from 1851, where she became one of the pioneer actors and known as "San Francisco's Favorite Actress" and "Grand Old Woman of the Western Stage".

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  1. ^ USA & Work Projects Administration (Californie), Lawrence Estavan (red.), Lola Montez, Adah Isaacs Menken, Mrs. Judah, Work Projects Administration (Californie), San Francisco Theater Research, 1938