Elizabeth Walker Morris
The "Pennsylvania Biographical Dictionary" described her as "the greatest attraction of the American stage [ . . . ] especially in higher comedy . " She reportedly became the first actress in America to play the role of Beatrice in "Much Ado About Nothing" on 18 March 1789 in Philadelphia . 
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