WOOD, Charlotte Matilda, actress, born in England in 1836. She came of an old theatrical family named Vining. She married John Wood, and with her husband played her first, important engagement at Manchester, appearing as Audrey to her husband's Touchstone. Mr. and Mrs. John Wood came to the United States in 1854, and Mrs. Wood made her debut in Boston as Gertrude in "A Loan of a Lover." In 1859 they visited California, where she undertook the management of the San Francisco American theatre. There she separated from her husband, who died in Vancouver's island, 28 May, 1863. Returning to New York, Mrs. Wood appeared, in May, 1860, at the Olympic theatre, to which she gave that name, it having previously been known as Laura Keene's theatre, of which she subsequently became the manager, and remained until 1866, when she returned to England, where she acted at the Princess theatre in London under the management of her cousin, George Vining. Appearing there in "Barnaby Rudge," she was not well received, her audience mistaking her for an American, and actors of that nationality being then unfavorably regarded by the English public. Since that time Mrs. Wood has played in London, where she has also managed several theatres with success and created many new characters. Among her latest successes are the principal characters in "The Magistrate," "The School-Mistress," and "Dandy Dick." On 24 September, 1888, she appeared at the new Court theatre with a comedy entitled "Mamma," an adaptation of "Les surprises de divorce." On the same evening her daughter, Florence, made a successful debut.