Junius Brutus Booth

Junius Brutus Booth
Booth in c. 1850
Born	Junius Brutus Booth (1796-05-01)1 May 1796 St. Pancras, London, England
Died	30 November 1852(1852-11-30) (aged 56) vicinity of Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Resting place	Green Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.
Nationality	British
Occupation	Stage actor
Years active	1814–1852
Spouses	Marie Christine Adelaide Delannoy ​ ​ (m. 1815; div. 1851)​ Mary Ann Holmes ​ (m. 1851)​
Children	12 including; Junius Jr., Edwin, Asia and John
Relatives	Edwina Booth Grossman (granddaughter)
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Junius Brutus Booth (1 May 1796 – 30 November 1852) was an English-American stage actor. He was the father of actor John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln. His other children included Edwin Booth, the foremost tragedian of the mid-to-late 19th century, Junius Brutus Booth Jr., an actor and theatre manager, and Asia Booth Clarke, a poet and writer.