Career
She was a sister of Elizabeth Crocker Bowers, also an actress. She made her debut in Baltimore, Maryland in 1849, playing Parthenia and other leading parts. In 1859, they opened Pike"s Opera House in Cincinnati, Ohio with a first-class company, but the engagement was not profitable, and they returned to the east.
In 1861, they visited England, and filled a short engagement at Sadler"s Wells Theatre, London.
After their return, they became star actors, and made an extensive and profitable tour. Sarah Conway possessed a tall and graceful figure and an expressive countenance, and was a versatile actress and a popular theatre manager.
She was the mother of actress Marianne "Minnie" Conway(1852/?54-1896). Her grandsons, through Minnie, were actors Conway Tearle and Sir Godfrey Tearle.
Sara Conway died in her apartment at the Brooklyn Theatre on April 28, 1875.
