"San Francisco's Favorite Actress"
Married to actor Emanuel Judah at a young age. In 1822, she and her husband played in Albany at the South Pearl Street Theatre. They traveled throughout the South. While sailing between New Orleans and Galveston, the schooner Emblem capsized and her husband drowned in the Gulf of Mexico in March 1840. After 72 hours in a lifeboat, she and three others were rescued. After the loss of her husband and two children, she went to New Orleans to claim some property her husband owned there. While in New Orleans, early in 1840, she made her first appearance on the stage as a professional actress. She was later married to John Torrence, a stage carpenter/machinist, in 1851, but she maintained the stage name "Mrs. Judah." They moved to California in 1852 where she remained until her death. Aged 70y 4m.
She was the mother of Mrs. Worrell, and the grandmother of the famous Worrell Sisters.
Originally interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery 1883. Transferred to the Laurel Hill niche in 1946.
Married to actor Emanuel Judah at a young age. In 1822, she and her husband played in Albany at the South Pearl Street Theatre. They traveled throughout the South. While sailing between New Orleans and Galveston, the schooner Emblem capsized and her husband drowned in the Gulf of Mexico in March 1840. After 72 hours in a lifeboat, she and three others were rescued. After the loss of her husband and two children, she went to New Orleans to claim some property her husband owned there. While in New Orleans, early in 1840, she made her first appearance on the stage as a professional actress. She was later married to John Torrence, a stage carpenter/machinist, in 1851, but she maintained the stage name "Mrs. Judah." They moved to California in 1852 where she remained until her death. Aged 70y 4m.
She was the mother of Mrs. Worrell, and the grandmother of the famous Worrell Sisters.
Originally interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery 1883. Transferred to the Laurel Hill niche in 1946.
"San Francisco's Favorite Actress"
Married to actor Emanuel Judah at a young age. In 1822, she and her husband played in Albany at the South Pearl Street Theatre. They traveled throughout the South. While sailing between New Orleans and Galveston, the schooner Emblem capsized and her husband drowned in the Gulf of Mexico in March 1840. After 72 hours in a lifeboat, she and three others were rescued. After the loss of her husband and two children, she went to New Orleans to claim some property her husband owned there. While in New Orleans, early in 1840, she made her first appearance on the stage as a professional actress. She was later married to John Torrence, a stage carpenter/machinist, in 1851, but she maintained the stage name "Mrs. Judah." They moved to California in 1852 where she remained until her death. Aged 70y 4m.
She was the mother of Mrs. Worrell, and the grandmother of the famous Worrell Sisters.
Originally interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery 1883. Transferred to the Laurel Hill niche in 1946.
Married to actor Emanuel Judah at a young age. In 1822, she and her husband played in Albany at the South Pearl Street Theatre. They traveled throughout the South. While sailing between New Orleans and Galveston, the schooner Emblem capsized and her husband drowned in the Gulf of Mexico in March 1840. After 72 hours in a lifeboat, she and three others were rescued. After the loss of her husband and two children, she went to New Orleans to claim some property her husband owned there. While in New Orleans, early in 1840, she made her first appearance on the stage as a professional actress. She was later married to John Torrence, a stage carpenter/machinist, in 1851, but she maintained the stage name "Mrs. Judah." They moved to California in 1852 where she remained until her death. Aged 70y 4m.
She was the mother of Mrs. Worrell, and the grandmother of the famous Worrell Sisters.
Originally interred in Laurel Hill Cemetery 1883. Transferred to the Laurel Hill niche in 1946.
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