Famous Visitors to Richmond, Virginia

John Wilkes Booth

Performed on stage at Richmond New Theatre, 701 East Broad Street, Richmond, Va. Theatrical associated and family documents indicate he paid for his passage with a diamond ring, escaped on a sea vessel to Australia and was employeed there in business. He was not killed by Union soldiers as history reports. Later upon returning from Australia he lived in the midwest United States until an old age.  His colleagues considered him a brilliant man and actor. Richmond actress Sallie Partington was a close friend of John Wilkes and his family and had knowledge of his whereabouts.

Jack Lemmon

Jack Lemmon relaxes between scenes, filming Confederate Memorial Day Parade scene for the NBC miniseries, "The Ballad of Mary Phagan", in Richmond's Libby Hill Park. Circa 1985.

Junius Brutus Booth

Junius Brutus Booth made his first American appearance at the Marshall Theater in Richmond, Virginia, on July 29, 1821, playing "Richard III."

He was the father of Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth

Joe DiMaggio

Joe DiMaggio visits with Richmond boys August 18, 1950, when the New York Yankees came to Richmond, Virginia

Jack Dempsey

Richmond, Virginia