Junius Brutus Booth

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British emigrant to the United States Shakespearean actor human stage actor

Junius Brutus Booth was a renowned 19th-century English-born American Shakespearean actor known for his powerful performances and as the patriarch of the famous Booth acting family.

Aliases (1)

Junius Brutus Booth Jr. ×6

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British emigrant to the United States → Shakespearean actor → human → stage actor →
activeYearsEnd	1852 →
activeYearsStart	1810 →
causeOfDeath	illness →
child	Asia Booth Clarke → Edwin Booth → Elizabeth Booth → Frederick Booth → Henry Byron Booth → John Wilkes Booth → Junius Brutus Booth Jr. → Mary Ann Booth → Rosalie Booth →
citizenship	United Kingdom → United States of America →
countryOfBirth	United Kingdom →
countryOfDeath	United States of America →
countryOfResidence	United Kingdom → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1796-05-01 →
dateOfDeath	1852-11-30 →
familyName	Booth →
fieldOfWork	Shakespearean drama → theatre → tragedy →
genre	drama → tragedy →
givenName	Junius →
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned	English →
memberOf	Booth family →
notableFor	being patriarch of the Booth acting family →
notableRole	Hamlet → Iago → King Lear → Othello → Richard III → Shylock →
notableWork	performances in Shakespearean roles → portrayal of Hamlet → portrayal of Iago → portrayal of King Lear → portrayal of Othello → portrayal of Richard III → portrayal of Shylock →
occupation	actor → theatre manager →
performerIn	American theatre → British theatre →
placeOfBirth	England → London →
placeOfDeath	near Louisville, Kentucky → on board a steamboat on the Mississippi River →
relative	Asia Booth Clarke → Edwin Booth → John Wilkes Booth →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Adelaide Delannoy Booth → Mary Ann Holmes →

Referenced by (18)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Mary Ann Holmes → Mary Ann Holmes Booth ("Junius Brutus Booth Jr.") → Mary Ann Holmes Booth →	notableRelative
Edwin Booth → Edwina Booth → John Wilkes Booth →	relative
Junius Brutus Booth ("Junius Brutus Booth Jr.") → Mary Ann Holmes Booth ("Junius Brutus Booth Jr.") →	child
Edwin Booth → John Wilkes Booth →	father
Edwin Booth ("Junius Brutus Booth Jr.") → John Wilkes Booth ("Junius Brutus Booth Jr.") →	sibling
Mary Ann Holmes → Mary Ann Holmes Booth →	spouse
Edwina Booth →	hasAncestor
Booth →	hasNotableBearer
Mary Ann Holmes Booth ("Junius Brutus Booth Jr.") →	motherOf
Mary McVicker Booth →	relativeByMarriage