Eleanor Bufton (2 June 1842 – 9 April 1893) was a Welsh actress of the Victorian era.

She began acting in her teens and spent most of her career in London, playing in Shakespeare, Victorian burlesque, and a range of drama and comedy roles.

[1] Her acting debut at the age of 14 was as a chambermaid in The Clandestine Marriage in Edinburgh, Scotland.

In her opening speech/poem, she referred to its heritage in the Richardson's travelling theatre at the annual Greenwich Fair, and offered enfranchisement to those whom even John Stuart Mill and the women's suffrage movement could not empower.

The accident was at South Kensington Station on 2 August 1871 when Bufton was thrown to the floor following a collision, she had an injury to the knee and a cut on the forehead.

A benefit performance was held in her honour at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in 1872.