Barbara Milton, also known as Barbara Milton Watkins Strater ( July
â€" July ) was an American theatre actress.Barbara Milton was born
Barbara Watkins in Louisville, Kentucky to Mrs. Edward J. Watkins. Her
uncle was Bruce Haldeman, President of the company that published
Colonel Henry Watterson's (also known as Marse Henry) Louisville
Courier-Journal. Her grandfather, Colonel W. A. Milton, was
Secretary-Treasurer of the company.She spent her childhood in her
native city. She attended the Louisville Girls' High School and in the
spring of , during her graduating year, she played the role of
Katherine in the performance of The Taming of the Shrew given by the
girls of the graduating class, at the Macauley Theatre. This
performance fired her latent ambition to become an actress and follow
a stage career. She communicated her desire to the first friend of the
family, Colonel Watterson, who also suggested her stage name, Barbara
Milton, after her grandfather. Later that summer, with a
recommendation letter from Col. Watterson, she traveled with her
mother to New York, to join Henry Miller's company as a general
understudy. After a few weeks, her hard study and patience war
rewarded with the role of Elisabeth Daingerfield, in the play Come out
of the Kitchen. The New York Times from December , wrote:Between and
she played another two roles: Harriet Lane in Call the Doctor, at the
Empire Theatre and Nellie, in The Acquittal. In she married to Edward
L. Strater. She later performed with the Little Theatre Co. in
Louisville.
â€" July ) was an American theatre actress.Barbara Milton was born
Barbara Watkins in Louisville, Kentucky to Mrs. Edward J. Watkins. Her
uncle was Bruce Haldeman, President of the company that published
Colonel Henry Watterson's (also known as Marse Henry) Louisville
Courier-Journal. Her grandfather, Colonel W. A. Milton, was
Secretary-Treasurer of the company.She spent her childhood in her
native city. She attended the Louisville Girls' High School and in the
spring of , during her graduating year, she played the role of
Katherine in the performance of The Taming of the Shrew given by the
girls of the graduating class, at the Macauley Theatre. This
performance fired her latent ambition to become an actress and follow
a stage career. She communicated her desire to the first friend of the
family, Colonel Watterson, who also suggested her stage name, Barbara
Milton, after her grandfather. Later that summer, with a
recommendation letter from Col. Watterson, she traveled with her
mother to New York, to join Henry Miller's company as a general
understudy. After a few weeks, her hard study and patience war
rewarded with the role of Elisabeth Daingerfield, in the play Come out
of the Kitchen. The New York Times from December , wrote:Between and
she played another two roles: Harriet Lane in Call the Doctor, at the
Empire Theatre and Nellie, in The Acquittal. In she married to Edward
L. Strater. She later performed with the Little Theatre Co. in
Louisville.
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