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Eliza Poe ( née Elizabeth Arnold; formerly Hopkins; 1787 – December 8, 1811) was an English actress and the mother of the American author Edgar Allan Poe . Early life. The Poe family tree. Arnold was born to Henry and Elizabeth Arnold in London in the spring of 1787. [1] . Her mother was a stage actress in London from 1791 to 1795.
- Actress
- 1796–1811
Elizabeth Arnold Portrait, owned by the Harry Ransom Center. In 1798, eleven-year old Eliza and her parents set out for Richmond to find acting roles. By mid-July, however, in Halifax, North Carolina, Eliza’s mother had fallen ill. Elizabeth’s last recorded performance was Maria in The Citizen.
Dec 29, 2023 · Date of Death: December 8, 1811. Place of Burial: Richmond, Virginia. Cemetery Name: St. John's Episcopal Churchyard. Elizabeth Arnold Poe was a beautiful and talented actress who charmed theatergoers of her day. Born in England, she traveled with her mother, who was also an actress, to the United States in 1796.
Of the talents of Mrs. Poe we are disposed to judge favorably (The Polyanthos). In the fourteen weeks of that season, Eliza and David played more than twenty parts before the critical crowd. According to Geddeth, she learned more than one new part a week for the next season, and her talent was not unnoticed.
Elizabeth Hopkins “Eliza”. Arnold. Poe. Actress, Literary Folk Figure. A noted thespian of her day, she is better remembered as the mother of Edgar Allan Poe. Raised in a London theatrical family, she left for America with her mother in 1795, her father having died in 1789, arriving in Boston on January 3, 1796.
Elizabeth Arnold Hopkins ("Eliza") Poe, an English-born actress and mother of three children, including the future writer Edgar Allan Poe, is the subject of this portrait. While a member of the Placide and Green Company theater group, the twenty-four-year-old Poe became ill and died on December 8, 1811, in a Richmond boarding house.
Poe, Elizabeth (c. 1787–1811)American actress who was the mother of Edgar Allan Poe. Born in London, England, around 1787; died in Richmond, Virginia, on December 8, 1811; probably the daughter of Henry Arnold and Elizabeth Smith (both actors); married Charles D. Hopkins (an actor), in 1802 (died 1805); married David Poe (an actor), in 1806 ...
