Eliza Logan

Eliza Logan Wood (born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 7, 1827; died New York City, New York, January 15, 1872) was an American stage actress and member of the Logan family of actors and writers. Probably the oldest of the eight talented children of Irish-American actor Cornelius Ambrosius Logan (1806-1853), Eliza was educated at a girls' school in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She made her debut on the stage January 28, 1841 as Young Norval in "Douglas" at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. Her father had moved the family to Cincinnati to manage the National Theatre there, and she continued her career there. She later toured with her father, appearing with success in the American South and West in dramas such as Shiel's Evadne. In June 1850 she made her first appearance in New York as Pauline in "The Lady of Lyons" at the Bowery Theatre. She remained a headlining actress through t...