Kate Horn (-) was a Canadian stage actress and theater director. She
was a popular actor during her active years from to , and was the
managing director of the Theatre Royal, Montréal from to .Kate Horn
was an orphan. She made her debut on the stage in Charleston, South
Carolina under the patronage of actress Sarah H. Timm in . From until
, she was engaged at the Park Theatre in New York, where she had a
successful career, performed with stars such as George Clifford
Jordan, Annie Walters, Charlotte Saunders Cushman, Edward Loomis
Davenport and William Pleater Davidge, and was called “one of the
most beautiful women on the stage†.From to , she divided her time
between regular tours to the Theatre Royal, Montréal in Canada, where
her spouse John Buckland was the manager of the Theatre Royal, and New
York, where she was engaged in several different companies. In , she
settled permanently in Montréal, where she was one of the star actors
of the Theatre Royal and a respected member of the fashionable society
in Montreal. When her husband died in , she succeeded him as manager
of the theatre. She retired from both management and acting in , but
continued to be active in the theatrical life of the city.
was a popular actor during her active years from to , and was the
managing director of the Theatre Royal, Montréal from to .Kate Horn
was an orphan. She made her debut on the stage in Charleston, South
Carolina under the patronage of actress Sarah H. Timm in . From until
, she was engaged at the Park Theatre in New York, where she had a
successful career, performed with stars such as George Clifford
Jordan, Annie Walters, Charlotte Saunders Cushman, Edward Loomis
Davenport and William Pleater Davidge, and was called “one of the
most beautiful women on the stage†.From to , she divided her time
between regular tours to the Theatre Royal, Montréal in Canada, where
her spouse John Buckland was the manager of the Theatre Royal, and New
York, where she was engaged in several different companies. In , she
settled permanently in Montréal, where she was one of the star actors
of the Theatre Royal and a respected member of the fashionable society
in Montreal. When her husband died in , she succeeded him as manager
of the theatre. She retired from both management and acting in , but
continued to be active in the theatrical life of the city.
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