Effie Germon

Mary Euphemia "Effie" Germon (June 13, 1845 – March 6, 1914) was an American stage actress of the late 19th century from Augusta, Georgia, a descendant of the Germons of Baltimore who were an old theatrical family.

Effie Germon's theatrical debut was made at the Holliday Street Theatre in Baltimore, Maryland, during the 1857–58 season. She played "Sally Scraggs" in Sketches in India.

Marriage, return to the stage She left the theater to marry, at a very early age, violinist Carlo Patti (brother of Adelina Patti and Carlotta Patti), whom she married at Providence, Rhode Island. Germon returned to prominence at the Chestnut Street Theatre during the theatrical season of 1863–64. She made her first appearance on the New York City stage which opened in 1869 under the management of John Brougham.

At the same venue she acted with Richard Mansfield in Prince Karl, the original production of Little Lord Fauntleroy. She paired with Francis Wilson in Erminie. During the 1906–07 season, she performed on the road in Sunday. After divorcing Patti, she remarried to comedian Nelse Seymour. The President's son, Tad Lincoln attended in his place. A photo of Germon was found on Booth when he was shot dead at Richard H. Garrett's farm in 1865.

Death Germon died at the Actors' Fund Home in Staten Island, New York in 1914, aged 68, and was interred in Evergreens Cemetery in the Actors' Fund Plot.