Josephine Hoey

Josephine Hoey (; –1896) was an Anglo-American stage actress.

Life Josephine was born in Liverpool, England, in June, 1824. She was the eldest of four sisters, whose maiden names were Shaw, and together with them and her brother began her public life as a ballad singer in various museums.

After her marriage with William H. Russell in 1839, she appeared in small parts at the National Theatre in New York, and thereafter became a stock actress in other places. In 1849 she was connected with Burton's Chambers Street Theatre, and from 1854 was a conspicuous member of Wallack's Theatre, New York. During a brief interval in 1857 she was also seen at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. Her last performances were at Wallack's Theatre.