10 Facts About Bijou Heron

Helene Wallace Stoepel, known professionally as Bijou Heron, was an American stage actress, who became famous as a child actor in the 1870s.

Bijou Heron was introduced to audiences at the age of six in a production of Medea at the Bowery Theater where her mother played the title role.

Bijou Heron's first leading role was in Monsieur Alphonse, a dramatic adaptation of a novel by Alexandre Dumas.

Bijou Heron played in Miss Multon with Clara Morris and portrayed Smike an adaptation of Nicholas Nickleby.

Bijou Heron toured with this company, playing for three months in San Francisco.

Bijou Heron later appeared in The School for Scandal with Coghlan, John Parcelle, Harry Crisp and Ann Gilbert.

Bijou Heron moved to England after the death of her mother in 1877.

Bijou Heron toured England with the actor and dramatist Dion Boucicault.

Bijou Heron played in Odette opposite the actor and producer Henry Miller, whom she married February 1,1883, in New York.

Bijou Heron died March 18,1937, at her home in New York City and was buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York.