Susan Webb Cushman

Susan Webb Cushman
Born(1822-03-17)March 17, 1822
DiedMay 10, 1859(1859-05-10) (aged 37)
NationalityAmerican
OccupationActress
SpouseJames Sheridan Muspratt
Children3
Susan (right) with her sister Charlotte as Romeo and Juliet

Susan Webb Cushman (March 17, 1822 – May 10, 1859) was a Boston, Massachusetts-born American actress, the younger sister of established actress Charlotte Cushman.

Susan Cushman débuted in Epes Sargent's play, The Genoese in 1836, a year after a trip with her mother to see Charlotte, an up-and-coming actress, in New York City and Albany, New York.[1]

  1. ^ Dictionary of American Biography, Vol. III. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1959.