Eliza Logan Wood (born Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August , ; died New
York City, New York, January , ) was an American stage actress and
member of the Logan family of actors and writers.Probably the oldest
of the eight talented children of Irish-American actor Cornelius
Ambrosius Logan (-), Eliza was educated at a girls' school in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She made her debut on the stage January , as
Young Norval in "Douglas" at the Walnut Street Theatre in
Philadelphia. Her father had moved the family to Cincinnati to manage
the National Theatre there, and she continued her career there. She
later toured with her father, appearing with success in the American
South and West in dramas such as Shiel's Evadne. In June she made her
first appearance in New York as Pauline in "The Lady of Lyons" at the
Bowery Theatre. She remained a headlining actress through the s, while
supporting her mother and younger siblings after the death of her
father in .The New York Times said she was "a charming woman, a
careful actress, and played parts like Juliet and Ophelia with much
feeling." Theater critic and historian T. Allston Brown called her
"one of the finest female representatives of the legitimate drama
known to the American stage"She married George Wood, a theater owner
and manager, in and retired from touring. She helped Wood manage his
theatre properties.
York City, New York, January , ) was an American stage actress and
member of the Logan family of actors and writers.Probably the oldest
of the eight talented children of Irish-American actor Cornelius
Ambrosius Logan (-), Eliza was educated at a girls' school in
Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She made her debut on the stage January , as
Young Norval in "Douglas" at the Walnut Street Theatre in
Philadelphia. Her father had moved the family to Cincinnati to manage
the National Theatre there, and she continued her career there. She
later toured with her father, appearing with success in the American
South and West in dramas such as Shiel's Evadne. In June she made her
first appearance in New York as Pauline in "The Lady of Lyons" at the
Bowery Theatre. She remained a headlining actress through the s, while
supporting her mother and younger siblings after the death of her
father in .The New York Times said she was "a charming woman, a
careful actress, and played parts like Juliet and Ophelia with much
feeling." Theater critic and historian T. Allston Brown called her
"one of the finest female representatives of the legitimate drama
known to the American stage"She married George Wood, a theater owner
and manager, in and retired from touring. She helped Wood manage his
theatre properties.
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