Anna Maria Seymour or Mrs Seymour (c. 1692 – 10 July 1723) was a British actress.
Life
Seymour is first heard of in 1717 when she appeared at
Drury Lane
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in ''The Scowrers''. She took leading roles in Richard III and Hamlet with
Lacy Ryan as well as appearing with
James Quin
James Quin (24 February 1693 – 21 January 1766) was an English actor of Irish descent.
Life
Quin was born in King Street, Covent Garden, London, an illegitimate son of James Quin, an Irish-born barrister, and his partner (whom he apparently n ...
in ''Othello'' and with him as
Lady Macbeth
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.
In 1718-19 she moved to
John Rich
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's theatre at Lincoln's Inn Fields to take leading roles.
Her most noted role was as ''Marianne'' in
Elijah Fenton
Elijah Fenton (20 May 1683 – 16 July 1730) was an English poet, biographer and translator.
Life
Born in Shelton (now Stoke-on-Trent), and educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, for a time he acted as secretary to the Charles Boyle, 4th Earl of ...
's play of the same name. Her final appearance was with her future husband on 7 June 1723. She married
Anthony Boheme who was also a leading actor in 1723 and she was said to have been lost to the profession. However the marriage did not last the year as she died in Norwich only months after her wedding. Boheme went on to marry again.
References
1692 births
1723 deaths
British stage actresses
18th-century British actresses
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