Una Abell-Brinker

Una Abell-Brinker (August 16, 1874 – November 12, 1952) was an American actress, billed as "First Lady of the Newark Theatre."

[2] As a girl she recited to entertain a reunion of Civil War veterans in Akron, Ohio.

[5] She appeared in shows with Helena Modjeska, Sarah Bernhardt, and Maurice Barrymore, before launching her own repertory company at the New Century Theater in Newark, New Jersey.

[7] In 1910 she presented Ullie Akerstrom's The Eleventh Hour in Newark, where a reviewer noted, "The part deprives Mrs. Brinker of displaying some of her beautiful gowns, but gives her every opportunity for acting, which she does in a most artistic manner.

"[9] Abell-Brinker adapted and translated The Typhoon, a sketch by Melchior Lengyel, in 1912,[10] but another playwright, Emil Nyitray, claimed that her version was his own, and she was arrested to prevent its performance.