Ida Conquest (February , â€" July , ) was a leading lady of Broadway
in the late th century and early th century.Ida Conquest was from
Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Alfred Stokes Conquest and
the former Elizabeth "Eliza" Harriet Mortimer of Centre Street in
Brookline, Massachusetts. Her father was a partner in a successful
fish wholesale business.Conquest's enthusiasm for theater dated from
her childhood when she was in a production of Pinafore at the Boston
Museum. She made her first appearance in New York at the Fifth Avenue
Theatre on January , , as the First Girl Friend in The Harvest. She
began at the bottom of the ladder and according to a writer in , "her
advancement was thoroughly legitimate, meaning good hard work with
every rung." The same reporter noted her charm, intelligence, and fine
education.She was the leading woman for John Drew, Richard Mansfield,
and William Gillette. Conquest appeared in many roles in New York City
and London, England before retiring from the stage in .
in the late th century and early th century.Ida Conquest was from
Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of John Alfred Stokes Conquest and
the former Elizabeth "Eliza" Harriet Mortimer of Centre Street in
Brookline, Massachusetts. Her father was a partner in a successful
fish wholesale business.Conquest's enthusiasm for theater dated from
her childhood when she was in a production of Pinafore at the Boston
Museum. She made her first appearance in New York at the Fifth Avenue
Theatre on January , , as the First Girl Friend in The Harvest. She
began at the bottom of the ladder and according to a writer in , "her
advancement was thoroughly legitimate, meaning good hard work with
every rung." The same reporter noted her charm, intelligence, and fine
education.She was the leading woman for John Drew, Richard Mansfield,
and William Gillette. Conquest appeared in many roles in New York City
and London, England before retiring from the stage in .
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