15 Facts About Alice Atherton

Alice Atherton's family resided in Cincinnati with her Kentucky born father's profession being listed as a brush maker.

Alice Atherton's career began as a child actress, carried on as a baby in "The Sea of Ice", at the Robinson's Opera House in her home city, Cincinnati.

Alice Atherton was discovered by Lydia Thompson, an English dancer, comedian, actress, and theatrical producer, who is recognized for introducing Victorian burlesque to the United States in August 1868, to great acclaim and notoriety.

Alice Atherton was enrolled as one of her girls in "Ixion".

Alice Atherton organized the entertainment "Dreams, or Fun in the Photograph Gallery," a piece that showed off her skill for impersonation and popularized the comic skit as a stage form.

Alice Atherton moved to London with her English husband in 1883.

Alice Atherton eventually returned to the American vaudeville stage in 1897.

Alice Atherton died on February 4,1899, at her apartment within the Hotel Audubon in New York City of pneumonia.

Alice Atherton's obituaries were extensive and on February 5,1899, the Chicago Tribune marked her passing, describing her as an actress of merit:.

Alice Atherton was obliged to cancel her Boston and Brooklyn engagements and to cancel entirely her last week's engagement at Proctor's Twenty-third Street Theater.

Alice Atherton, or Alice Hogan, which was her maiden name, was born in St Louis in 1860 and for the last twenty years had been one of the most popular burlesque actresses here and in England.

Miss Alice Atherton returned here in 1897, after an absence of several years in England, to make another reputation for herself.

Alice Atherton said she almost feared to cable the news to Miss Atherton's husband in London.

The death from pneumonia of Miss Alice Atherton, who had been appearing with success in the New York Variety Halls is announced.

Alice Atherton's body was taken to Evergreen Cemetery pending instructions from her husband who was in England at the time of her death.