Amy Coleridge (186*-19**)is a British actress

Biography

Born Amy Cowlrick but used the stage name Amy Coleridge.

She married actor-director William Haviland married in Chicago on 18 February 1884, they apparently divorced in 1901.

She and Haviland came to South Africa as members of the Holloway Theatre Company in 1895. She played Desdemona in Othello and Cordelia in King Lear at the Standard Theatre in Johannesburg.

In 1897 she returned with the Haviland and Lawrence Shakespearian & Dramatic Company to appear in their season of Shakespearian plays at the Port Elizabeth Opera House on January 3 & 4, 1898, directed by William Haviland and co-starring William Haviland and Gerald Lawrence.

In 1902 she appeared in three Broadway productions, but returned to South Africa to play for Leonard Rayne for many years.

Made a speech in 1910?*

Later married to Archibald Brough Pearce in Pietermaritzburg??

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