About Virginia Dreher
Lived 1859 – 1898 (aged 38–39). Virginia Dreher was an American actor.
Virginia Dreher (born Jennie Cummings Murphy; 1857/59- November 11, 1898), was an American stage actress of the late Victorian era. She was a leading actress in the Augustin Daly company of the 1880s.
She was married to physician Paul Dreher and, after his death, to stockbroker and railroad magnate George Postlethwaite.
After her first husband's death a theater manager in Louisville, Kentucky, hired her to perform despite her lack of experience on stage. Daly heard of her work there and hired her for his company.
She died in Arizona from tuberculosis in 1898.
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Who was Virginia Dreher?
American actress (1859-1898)
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Virginia Dreher was born in 1859 in Kentucky.
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Virginia Dreher died on 11 November 1898 in Arizona.
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Virginia Dreher was an actor.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Virginia Dreher. https://biography.guide/virginia-dreher/
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