Georgia Cayvan

Georgie Eva Cayvan (August 22, 1857 – November 19, 1906)[1] was a popular stage actress in the United States in the later part of the nineteenth century.

[2][3] She had insight into how to play out stage drama and brought her characters to fruition with her humor and expressive eyes.

[2][4] In 1881 she played the heroine part in a road company in such comedies and dramas as The Professor (1881); The White Slave (1882); Siberia (1883); May Blossom (1884); The Wife (1887); The Charity Ball (1889); and Squire Kate (1892).

[3] She performed at the Fourteenth Street Theatre in "The White Slave" and Laura in "The Romany Rye.

[3] Cayvan was successful in the leading part of David Belasco’s "La Belle Russe.

[11][12] Author Amelia Ransome Neville in her book gave an account of seeing Cayvan wear the fiberglass dress made by Edward Drummond Libbey.

[2][3] In March 1897, she performed with her company in El Paso, Texas in a production called "Squire Kate".

Georgia Cayvan in "May Blossom", 1884. Photo by Rockwood .