Sarah Crocker Conway was an actress. She was a sister of Elizabeth Crocker Bowers

Elizabeth Crocker Bowers

Elizabeth Crocker Bowers was an American actress, born in Stamford, Connecticut.-Early life:She was the daughter of an Episcopal clergyman.-Career and marriages:...

, also an actress. She made her début in Baltimore, Maryland in 1849, playing Parthenia and other leading parts. In May 1852, she married the actor Frederick B. Conway

Frederick B. Conway

Frederick B. Conway was an actor. He was the son of William A. Conway. He early developed a taste for the stage. After he had won a fair position in his profession in England, he came to the United States in August 1850...

, and the two thenceforward acted together. In 1859, they opened Pike's Opera House in Cincinnati, Ohio

Cincinnati, Ohio

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 with a first-class company, but the engagement was not profitable, and they returned to the east. In 1861, they visited England

England

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, and filled a short engagement at Sadler's Wells Theatre

Sadler's Wells Theatre

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, London

London

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. After their return, they became star actors, and made an extensive and profitable tour. In 1864 Sarah leased the Park Theatre in Brooklyn, and subsequently the new Brooklyn Theatre, in which for nine years her husband played leading parts. Sarah Conway possessed a tall and graceful figure and an expressive countenance, and was a versatile actress and a popular theatre manager.