Virginia Buchanan

Virginia Ellen Buchanan ( – ) was an American stage actor.

Virginia Buchanan was born on in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of noted Shakespearean actor McKean Buchanan. She made her stage debut as an apparition in Macbeth in Cardiff and went on to play supporting roles with her father such as Desdemona and Ophelia. Her most prominent role may have been as Margaret Dalyrmple in Our Boarding House (1877). She created the role and starred in it for five years. She spent several years with the Madison Square Theatre Company and performed with the company of Tommaso Salvini.

Her final stage appearance was alongside Ethel Barrymore in ''Sunday.

Personal life In 1872, she married Benton Parker. He died in 1873.