Henrietta Chanfrau

Background

She was born Henrietta Baker in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Career

She made her début as a vocalist during the summer of 1854 at the Assembly Buildings in Philadelphia under the management of Professor Mueller. Her first appearance at a regular theatre was at the city museum on September 9, 1854, as Mission Apsley in The Willow Copse. After a long absence from New York City, New York, in the autumn of 1886 she appeared at the reopening of the Fourteenth Street Theatre as Linda Colmore in The Scapegoat.

Membership

A short time afterward she became a member of the Architecture Street Theatre, where she remained nearly two seasons. She became a member of the company when the National in Cincinnati, Ohio, was opened by Lewis Baker for the 1857–1858 season.

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