Rose Coghlan

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Rose Coghlan, 1884

Rose Coghlan (March 18, 1851 – April 2, 1932), English^[1] actress was the sister of Charles Francis Coghlan.

She went to America in 1871 as part of Lydia Thompson's troupe touring the U.S.. She made her Broadway debut in 1872 in a musical. Coghlan was again in England from 1873 to 1877, playing with Barry Sullivan, and then returned to America. She became prominent as Countess Zicka in Diplomacy, and Stephanie in Forget-me-not. She was at Wallack's almost continuously until 1888, and subsequently appeared in melodrama in parts like the title-role of The Sporting Duchess.

Rose Coghlan died in 1932 in Harrison, New York. She had been married twice first to Clinton J. Edgerly from 1885 to 1890 and second to John T. Sullivan from 1890 to 1893. She had two children, an adopted daughter and a son.

References

↑ Rose Coghlan at the Internet Movie Database

New York Times "ROSE COGHLAN IS BANKRUPT; For Second Time Actress Seeks to be Relieved of Her Debts." February 5, 1915 (*a mention of her son is in this article)
Internet Archive transcripts of book "Familiar Chats With the Queens of the Stage" by Alan Dale c. 1890.

External links

Rose Coghlan at the Internet Broadway Database
Rose Coghlan at the Internet Movie Database
Rose Coghlan photo gallery at the NYP Library
Rose Coghlan: Broadway Photographs(Univ. of South Carolina)

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press

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Name	Coghlan, Rose
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Short description	British actor
Date of birth	1853
Place of birth
Date of death	April 2, 1932
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