Caroline Siedle

Caroline F. Siedle (1867 – February 26, 1907) was a costume designer on Broadway. She was one of earliest designers to receive credit for her work in theater programs, as well as the first woman in the United States to consistently receive professional billing as a designer.

Personal life

Caroline Siedle was born in London, England. She moved to New York when she married Edward Siedle, who was properties master for the Metropolitan Opera.

Siedle worked in the theatre when British pantomime and Viennese operettas were still being produced, but American musical comedies were becoming increasingly popular. The Man in the Moon (1899) Broadway to Tokio (1900) The New Yorkers (1901) The Strollers (1901) The King's Carnival (1901) The Little Duchess (1901) The Emerald Isle (1902), directed by R. H. Burnside and starring Jerrerson De Angelis. Nancy Brown (1903) It Happened in Nordland (1904) Wonderland (1905) A Parisian Model (1906) The Red Mill (1906) The Tattooed Man (1907) The White Hen (1907) About Town (1906) Dream City (1906) The Rich Mr. Hoggenheimer (1906)