Amy Busby
Amy Busby was an American actress.
Early life
Amy Busby was born in Rochester, New York, the daughter of Thomas Mark Busby and Eliza Ann Bennett Busby.Career
Amy Busby went to New York City as a teenager, hoping for a career on the stage. Described as "a vastly pretty woman", she was a protegee of actress Helen Barry for a time, and later was engaged by Stuart Robson and William H. Crane for their companies. She appeared in London Assurance, Victor Durand, The Pembertons, The Henrietta, She Stoops to Conquer, Is Marriage a Failure? ''The American Minister, On Probation, Brother John, For Money, The Senator, and Arms and the Man. Busby's Broadway credits included The Fatal Card, Madame, The Law of the Land, and Secret Service''.Theatrical producer William Berkeley Enos took the professional name "Busby Berkeley" from Amy Busby, who was his parents' friend. Sam Insull met his wife, actress Gladys Wallis, at an 1897 dinner party hosted by Amy Busby and Eugene H. Lewis.
In the late 1880s, Between The Acts cigarettes ran an advertising campaign featuring actors and actresses on coloured lithograph collectors cards. Amy Busby was featured on one in a series issued from 1880 - 1892.