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Isabella (Isabel)  Irving     IBDB Link     Debuted in 1887 at The Standard Theatre of New York as Gwendolin Hawkins in The School Mistress
                                                                  joining Daly's the next year; joined Frohman's for the 1893-94 season; leading lady opposite John Drew after Maude Adams
1*

Franziska (Fanny) Magdalena Janauschek    b. 1830 d. 1904     IBDB Link     Biography Link: Life and Career of Joseph Haworth
1
2 *  portrait

Antoinette Janish     IBDB Link
1 *

Marie Jansen     b. 1864 d. 1914     IBDB Link   
1*   in The Oolah
2 *  portrait

Joseph Jefferson     b. 1829 d. 1905     IBDB Link    Biography Link: Wikipedia
1  Rip Van Winkle
2  Rip Van Winkle
3  as Bob Acres in The Rivals
4  portrait
5  Rip Van Winkle
7  Rip Van Winkle
8  Rip Van Winkle
9 * Rip Van Winkle
10* as Dr. Pangloss in Heir-at-Law
11* as Bob Acres in The Rivals
12* with William Florence in The Rivals
13*  Rip Van Winkle
14*
15 tintype, Rip Van Winkle ?
16 recording of passage from Rip Van Winkle from The Internet Archive

Mrs. Jennings     English/American actress; debut at Wallack's in 1863
1 * portrait

Sara Jewett     d. 1899     IBDB Link     Biography Link: The Sara Orne Jewett Text Project   
1 *  portrait
2 *
3
4

Avonia Stanhope Jones     b. 1839 d. 1867     IBDB Link    Biography Link: Virtualology.com
1 *
2 *
3  portrait

Laura Keene     b.1820 d. 1873     IBDB Link     Biography Link: A Glimpse of Theater History
1 *  portrait

Herbert Kelcey     b. 1855/56 d. 1917    IMDB Link
1 *  portrait
2 *  in The Charity Ball

Madge Robertson Kendal     b. 1848 d. 1935     Biography Link: Wikipedia
1*

Edith Kingdon     b. 1864 d. 1921    Biography Link: Wikipedia
1 *  portrait
2 *  portrait

Jean Margaret Davenport Lander      b. 1829 d. 1903     IBDB Link    Biography Link: Wikipedia
1 *
2 *  portrait

Lillie Langtry     b. 1853 d. 1929     IBDB Link     Biography Link: Lillie Langtry: Museum on the Internet
1  as Rosalind in As You Like It
2  as Lady Teazle in The School for Scandal
3  in The Degenerates
4  as Miss Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer
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Frank Lawler     b. 1835     Actor/manager; debuted at the Museum in Troy New York as Dograss in Black Eyed Susan
                            in 1853; performed in New York, California and London.
1 *  portrait

Milnes Levick     b. 1825/27 d. 1897     IBDB Link
1 *  portrait

James Lewis     b. 1838 d. 1896     IBDB Link
1 as Sammy Dymple in Pique
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3
4  in The Big Bonanza

Olive Logan     b. 1839 d. 1909     IBDB Link    Biography Link: The House of Beadle and Adams
1  portrait
2
3  portrait
 

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