Viola Adele Porter 1879 – 1942

Biography

Actress. She was a frontier stage entertainer in the late 1800s to early 1900s. She is best known for being a part of western actor Jack Langrishe’s theater troupe which performed at the Langrishe Theatre in Deadwood, South Dakota and later in all the states on the west coast. (bio by: John “J-Cat” Griffith)