Rose Coghlan

Rosamond Marie Coghlan[1] (March 18, 1851 – April 2, 1932) was an English actress.

Rose Coghlan, 1884
Litograph of Rose Coghlan, c.1893
Rose Coghlan, 1870s

Coghlan was born in Peterborough, England, to author Francis Coghlan, and Anna Marie, née Kirby.[2][3] Her elder brother (or half-brother) was the actor Charles Francis Coghlan. Her niece was Gertrude Coghlan. Rose 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.

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.

Filmography

References
  1. Silent Film Necrology, p.97 c.2001 2nd edition by Eugene M. Vazzana...Retrieved November 14, 2017
  2. Holder, Heidi J. "Coghlan, Rose (1851–1932), actress". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-51453. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  3. Archer, Stephen M. "Coghlan, Rose (1851-1932), actress". American National Biography. doi:10.1093/anb/9780198606697.001.0001/anb-9780198606697-e-1800223. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  • 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.
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