Emma Grattan
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Born1835
England
Died8 August 1893
New York
Occupations
- Actress
- dancer
- singer
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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]
