Henrietta Baker Chanfrau (c. 1837–1909) was an American stage actress. Born Jeannette Davis in

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, before her marriage her stage name was Henrietta Baker. She made her début as a vocalist during the summer of 1854 at the Assembly Buildings in Philadelphia under the management of Professor Mueller. Her first appearance at a regular theatre was at the city museum on September 9, 1854, as Miss Apsley in '' The Willow Copse''. A short time afterward she became a member of the

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, where she remained nearly two seasons. She became a member of the company when the National in

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, Ohio, was opened by Lewis Baker for the 1857–58 season. After a long absence from New York City, in late 1886 she appeared at the reopening of the

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as Linda Colmore in ''

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''. She married actor Frank Chanfrau in July 1858. She died in Burlington, New Jersey, September 21, 1909.

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