Biography

Only daughter of Edwin Booth, foremost American Shakespearean performer of the 19th century, and Mary Devlin Booth (Edwin's first wife and actress). On May 16, 1885, she married Ignatius R. Grossman, a banker. In 1895, after her father's death, she published "Edwin Booth: Recollections by His Daughter, Edwina Booth Grossmann, and Letters to Her and to His Friends." During World War 1, Edwina and her husband changed their last name to Crossman from Grossman for patriotic reasons.