Amelia Holman Gilfert

Catherine Amelia Holman Gilfert (1789–1833) was an American actress and theater manager.

A native of England, she was born to actor and manager Joseph George Holman (1764–1817) and debuted as an actress at the Theatre-Royal, Covent Garden, London in 1812.

She and her father performed in April 1812 at the Georgian Theatre, Wisbech (now the Angles Theatre), managed by Thomas Shaftoe Robertson, as Cora and Rolla in Pizzarro on 8th, Desdemona and Othello in Othello on 10th, Lady Macbeth and Macbeth in Macbeth on 11th, and she played Lady Contest in the Farce of The Wedding Day the same night (this also being their benefit and last night).

Three years later she married German born composer and theatre manager Charles Gilfert (1787-1829).

[2] In 1822, Charles sold his managerial interest in the Charleston Theatre to his wife's trustee, Dr. John Dyott.