Crosman, Henrietta

(1861-1944)

   Born in Wheeling, West Virginia, the actress made her New York debut in The White Slave in 1883. She worked successively with Augustin Daly's and Charles Frohman's stock companies, and belatedly achieved stardom as Nell Gwynn in Mistress Nell (1900). Her ability to play both highbrow and lowbrow is exemplified in her great success as Rosalind in As You Like It (1902) and on the vaudeville stage. Her husband, Major Maurice Campbell, managed her career for 40 years.