Marie Wainwright (May 8, 1853 – August 17, 1923) was an American stage and sometimes screen actress. She achieved the bulk of her fame on the Victorian stage. Her parents were Commodore J.M. Wainwright and Maria Wainwright (''nee Page''). She was educated in France and made her first stage appearance in 1877 in Romeo and Juliet. She later was leading lady for

Edwin Booth Edwin Thomas Booth (November 13, 1833 – June 7, 1893) was an American actor who toured throughout the United States and the major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespearean plays. In 1869, he founded Booth's Theatre in New York. Some theatri ...

Lawrence Barrett Lawrence Barrett (April 4, 1838 – March 20, 1891) was an American stage actor. Biography A native of Paterson, New Jersey, Barrett was born in 1838 to Mary Agnes (née Read) Barrett and tailor Thomas Barrett, Irish immigrants who had settle ...

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Tommaso Salvini Tommaso Salvini (1 January 182931 December 1915) was an Italian actor. Life Salvini was born in Milan to parents who were both actors, his mother being the popular actress Guglielmina Zocchi. Finding the boy had a talent for acting, his father ...

.MARIE WAINWRIGHT, ACTRESS, DIES AT 68;Once Famous Player Was Leading Lady Woman For Barrett and Booth and Salvini; New York Times, August 19, 1923 p.24 col.3 (b. 1855) She acted in the classics and high drama until the turn of the century, then began appearing in more contemporary plays. Later in life she made an attempt at silent film acting, making just three films. She died in Scranton Pennsylvania in 1923.

Selected filmography

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Social Hypocrites ''Social Hypocrites'' is a 1918 silent film drama directed by Albert Capellani and starring May Allison. It was produced and distributed by Metro Pictures. Cast * May Allison - Leonore Fielding * Marie Wainwright - Maria, Duchess of St. Keverne ...

'' (1918), as Maria, Duchess of St. Keverne *''

Secret Strings ''Secret Strings'' is a lost 1918 American silent crime drama film produced and distributed by Metro Pictures. Olive Tell, a stage actress, starred in the story based on a play by Kate Jordan. John Ince directed. Plot As described in a film magaz ...

'' (1918), as Mrs. de Giles *'' Polly With a Past'' (1920), as Mrs. Van Zile

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* * * *portraits of Marie Wainwright
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Univ. of Louisville, Macauley Theatre collection)
youthful portrait
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1853 births 1923 deaths Actresses from Philadelphia 19th-century American actresses American stage actresses American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses {{US-screen-actor-stub