Annie Kemp Bowler

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Annie Kemp Bowler (died August 21, 1876) was a popular stage actress and singer, best known for appearing in the original cast of The Black Crook in 1866.(August 24, 1876). [http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1876-08-24/ed-1/seq-1/ Death of the Original "Stalacta"], Evening Star (Washington, D.C.), p. 1, col. 7.

Born Annie Kemp, she played the role of Stalacta in that musical. In the original advertisements, she was billed as "Miss Annie Kemp, Prima donna Contralto from Covent Garden, London, her first appearance in America in six years."

She later married English tenor Brookhouse Bowler, also performed with the Richings company and other opera companies. She died on August 21, 1876, from injuries sustained from a fall five days earlier, while rehearsing the famed transformation scene of The Black Crook for a performance at Philadelphia's National Theater.(30 December 1876). [http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%206/New%20York%20NY%20Tribune/New%20York%20NY%20Tribune%201876%20Oct%20-%20Dec%20Grayscale/New%20York%20NY%20Tribune%201876%20Oct%20-%20Dec%20Grayscale%20-%200694.pdf Dramatic Diary - Incidents of the Past Six Months], New York Tribune She was buried at Mount Moriah Cemetery in Philadelphia.(29 October 1877). [https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1877/10/29/80667208.pdf Death of Mr. Edwin Adams], The New York Times (notes Bowler as among those interred there)