Louisa Caulfield (Matley, 23 April 1817 - 11 September 1870), known as Mrs Caulfield, was an English music hall singer active in the 1850s and 1860s.
She was born in London, and married John Caulfield (1810 - 1865), an actor. Mrs Caulfield was one of the first female entertainers to appear at Evans's Supper Rooms and at the Canterbury Music Hall, where her husband became the Chairman.[1] She specialised in versions of popular comic songs, with the words often rewritten to give a female perspective.[2] Her most successful songs included "Keemo Kimo, Polly Won't You Try Me, Oh?", a version of a folk song that had been absorbed into the American minstrel tradition;[3] and "The Captain with his Whiskers", again adapted from an earlier tune and popularised in the United States.[4]
She appeared on stage in the 1860s with her husband and their two daughters.[2] One of their daughters, born Louisa Caulfield (1845- after 1907), took the stage name Lennox Grey from that of her first husband, and also became a theatre performer.[5]
Mrs Caulfield died in 1870, in Lambeth, London.[2]