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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.
Poe, an avid theatregoer was from Baltimore, and the son of Irish-born Revolutionary War figure, Major David Poe, or “General Poe,” and his wife, Elizabeth Carnes Poe. David left his family while studying law and sought an acting career, joining the Charleston Theatre company in December 1803.
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.
Elizabeth Arnold, born in England, sailed to America with her mother in 1796 at the age of nine. Her mother, also Elizabeth Arnold, an actress, had been given an opportunity to perform in Boston under Charles Powell at the Federal Street Theater.
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. From the age of 9 until her death at 24, Elizabeth made her living as an actress in theaters from Boston to Charleston.
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. FEATURED IN.
Dec 8, 2013 · Eliza Poe lived a turbulent personal life just enjoyed a successful stage career; mother to three children, one of them would go on to become an iconic author in his own right. British-born Eliza arrived in America at the age of nine and since that day spent virtually all of her life touring the country as an actress.
