Emma Waller (1815 – 28 February 1899) was an English actress who achieved fame in America. Baptised Emma Weeden, January 1815 at St George Hanover Square, London, England, a daughter of William and Sarah Weeden. The Weeden family included Emma's brother William, and her two sisters Jemima Thomasina and Sarah. Their father was groom and stable master for Other Windsor, 6th Earl of Plymouth. They grew up on the Windsor estates in Leicester and Tardebigge, Worcester, receiving a good education and becoming proficient with horses. Following the death of The Earl of Plymouth in 1833, the Weeden's returned to London where William became the proprietor of a fast coach service between London and Brighton. Emma Weeden married Robert Fullerton at Brighton on 2 February 1839, at which time she was already describing herself as a "Proprietor of Music". Her husband died and on 6 December 1850. Emma had a son to a visiting American Theatrical actor who went by the stage name Daniel Waller. His real name was Daniel Waller Wilmarth. Their son was named Henry Tuthill Waller Wilmarth. Emma had been pursuing her music career under the stage name "Miss Eardley" (her mother's maiden name). A favorable review appears in the Berkshire Chronicle of 24 November 1849. She soon progressed to being a regular performer at Madame Vestris’ Royal Lyceum Theatre in London. The Lyceum was known for extravaganzas featuring the peculiarities of burlesque and something of the pantomime, mixed up with a dash of seriousness, and not a little satirical humour. Emma and Daniel married on 29 April 1851 in St Marks, Old Street, Middlesex. Daniel and Emma Waller travelled to the United States in 1851. Daniel played Hamlet and other tragic roles in New York soon after their arrival. Emma's American stage début was as lead in a grand concert at the Jenny Lind Theatre, San Francisco, on 6 May 1852. She was received well and became a popular performer. For much of 1852 The Waller Troupe, which included a young Edwin Booth, toured the northern Californian mining towns on horseback. They sailed thence for Australia, where at Melbourne Mrs. Waller acted Lady Macbeth. Returning to London, Mrs. Waller made her début at the Drury Lane on 15 September 1856, as Pauline in Bulwer-Lytton's The Lady of Lyons. In the diaries of E. L. Blanchard he notes that "as Pauline—she lacked vigour, but was gentle and graceful"