Bijou Heron

Helene Wallace Stoepel (September 1, 1863 – March 18, 1937), known professionally as Bijou Heron, was an American stage actress, who became famous as a child actor in the 1870s.

[1] She was introduced to audiences at the age of six in a production of Medea at the Bowery Theater where her mother played the title role.

Upon returning to New York, she was asked to take the place of actress Sara Jewett in A Celebrated Case starring Charles Coghlan.

She later appeared in The School for Scandal with Coghlan, John Parcelle, Harry Crisp and Ann Gilbert.

Heron played in Odette opposite the actor and producer Henry Miller, whom she married February 1, 1883, in New York.