Laura Honey

Laura Honey (6 December 1816 – 1 April 1843), born Lauretta Martha Rosier Bell, was a British actress, dancer and singer. Honey was born out of wedlock to an actress, and she joined her mother performing at the Olympic Theatre, and then performed at other London theatres as a child. As an adult, she continued to perform in many of the major London theatres and on tour. For a time, she managed the City of London Theatre. Her adult career lasted only a decade, as she died at the age of 26.

Life and career Honey was born out of wedlock to a singer and actress, Anne Bell (died 1861). Her mother married John Young in 1823. The two produced John William Young (born 1831) and Fanny Young, an actress (1834–1860).

In 1831, she married William Honey. The two had a daughter (Laura Dalton Honey, 1834–1884), but he took advantage of her finances, and they divorced. William drowned in 1836 in a boating accident on the Thames River. She later married Ernest Gaston, who wrote songs, and the two had another child (Ada, born c. 1839), but she continued to perform as Laura Honey.

Death Honey died of "inflammation" in 1843, at the age of 26, in the Regent's Park area of London, leaving two young children. She was buried at the Christ Church, Hampstead.