- Louis Aldrich
infobox actor
birthdate=birth date|1843|10|1
birthplace=At sea
deathdate=death date and age|1901|6|17|1843|10|1
deathplace=Kennebunkport, Maine
occupation=Stage actor Louis Aldrich (
October 1 ,1843 –June 17 ,1901 ) was a stage actor who later became president of the Actors' Fund of America.Aldrich was born at sea while his mother was on her way from Germany to the United States. He was later adopted by a family living in
Cincinnati , Ohio. He later attended Whitewater College inWayne County, Indiana through 1857.He went on tour as a child actor playing Richard III,
Macbeth , and Shylock, before 1857. He joined the juvenile March Players ofSt. Louis, Missouri , from 1858 through 1863, when he joined Maguire's Opera House Company inSan Francisco, California . He remained there from 1863 through 1866.He then went to
Boston, Massachusetts , to play in "Leah the Forsaken". Several years later, in 1873, he became the leading man of Mrs. John Drew's company, the Arch Street Players, inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania , where he stayed through the following year.He went on to play several other roles, including Parson in McKee Ranker's adaptation of "The Danites" in 1877, and Joe Saunders in
Bartley Campbell 's "My Partner", from 1879 through 1885.In 1897, he became the president of the Actors' Fund of America, a position he remained in until the year of his death, 1901, in
Kennebunkport, Maine .References
*"Who's Who in America, Historical Voluma, 1607-1896". Chicago: Marquis Who's Who, 1967.
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* [http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&docId=10647914 "Questia Online Library"]
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