Annie Adams Explained

Annie Adams
Birth Name:Asaneth Ann Adams
Birth Date:9 November 1848
Birth Place:Salt Lake County, Utah, U.S.
Death Place:Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.
Occupation:Actress
Years Active:18891908
Children:Maude Adams

Asaneth Ann Adams Kiskadden (November 9, 1848 – March 17, 1916), credited as Annie Adams, was an American actress who performed in Salt Lake City and later on Broadway.

Early and personal life

Adams was born near Salt Lake City,[1] the daughter of Julia Ann (Banker) and Barnabas Lothrop Adams.[2] [3] Adams acted in amateur theatre as a child.[1]

In 1869, she married James H. Kiskadden (died 1883), who was involved in banking and mining. Their only child, Maude Adams, became a prominent actress known for playing Peter Pan.[4]

Career

Adams debuted at Salt Lake Theatre as Grace Otis in Solon Shingle; or, The People's Lawyer, by Joseph Stevens Jones, in 1865. She became, for many years, the leading woman of Salt Lake Theatre.[1] From 1889 to 1903, Adams performed in several plays on Broadway in New York City, together with her daughter, Maude Adams, sometimes as members of Charles Frohman's stock company at the Empire Theatre.[5]

She retired from the theatre in 1908 and returned to Salt Lake City where she died.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Mrs. Adams Kiskadden Dies. The New York Times. 19 March 1916.
  2. https://history.churchofjesuschrist.org/chd/individual/barnabas-lathrop-adams-1812?lang=eng "Barnabas Lathrop Adams"
  3. Marra, Kim. "Strange Duets: Impresarios and Actresses in the American Theatre, 1865–1914", Studies Theatre Hist & Culture, University of Iowa Press (2009), ISBN 9781587297410
  4. Book: Christy Karras. More than Petticoats: Remarkable Utah Women. 19 January 2010. Globe Pequot Press. 978-1-4617-4758-1. 147–.
  5. http://www.ibdb.com/Person/View/29322 "Annie Adams"