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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.
- Actress
- 1796–1811
Last year, we shared part one of Eliza Poe’s life. Follow the rest of her journey as David, Edgar, and Edgar’s siblings are introduced. Following Eliza’s marriage, she and her husband, Charles, arrived in Alexandria, Virginia, and were set to perform at Liberty Hall for six weeks in August 1802 (Smith 59-60). When Eliza began rehearsals ...
Let’s take a look at the influential women in Poe’s life. Eliza Poe was a renowned traveling actress and mother of Edgar Allan Poe. Unfortunately, she succumbed to tuberculosis at the age of 24, when little Edgar was only 2 years old.
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Poe’s Actress Mother-Part One. October 15, 2014. “For my little son Edgar, who should ever love Boston, the place of his birth, and where his mother found her best and most sympathetic friends.”. This line was written on a watercolor painting of Boston, painted by Eliza Poe in 1808, which was gifted to Edgar on her deathbed (Poe Boston).
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.
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.
Eliza Arnold (Poe) began performing as a child in England, sometimes appearing with her mother on stage. Elizabeth and her daughter emigrated to America in 1796, and Eliza made her stage debut in Boston at the age of nine. Eliza met David Poe, Jr., also an actor, in 1805, and they married the following year.
