Emma Grattan | |
Birth Date: | 1835 |
Birth Place: | England |
Death Date: | 8 August 1893 |
Death Place: | New York |
Emma Grattan (1835 – 9 August 1893) was a 19th-century English stage actress and singer.
Grattan was born with the surname Hunt; Grattan was a family name she later adopted as a stage name. Comedian and manager Benjamin Webster was a family friend and encouraged her dramatic interests. She married Henry Courtaine. The couple traveled to California around 1859 and later onto to China and India. She managed a theatre in Bombay for two years. After later returning to England, she subsequently came to New York.[1] She also performed in America with Lydia Thompson's burlesque troupe.[2]
Grattan died in New York in 1893.[3]