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Anderson, Mary Antoinette
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1859-1940
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She was educated at the Ursuline Convent in Louisville, Kentucky and at age 13, began to study for the theater. On November 25, 1875, at 16, she made her first appearance on the American stage as Juliet in an amateur production at Macauley's Theater in Louisville, Kentucky, and scored an immediate success. During the following ten years, she played in all the principal cities of the United States and was immensely popular.
From 1885 to 1989, Anderson appeared in England, where she repeated her American triumphs. In 1883, Anderson opened as Parthenia in Maria Anne Lovell 's Ingomar at the Lyceum and was later accepted in any part she chose. Her most notable portrayals were Perdita, Hermione, Galatea, Rosalind, Lady Macbeth, Bianca, Pauline, Meg Merrilees, and Juliet.
Illness in 1889 forced her to retire. The following year, she married Antonio de Navarro and together the pair had one son. After World War I broke out, she frequently appeared at special performances for the benefit of wounded soldiers and in support of the poor. She wrote two autobiographies, including A Few Memories (1896), and co-authored, with Robert Hichens, the long-running play The Garden of Allah.
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"Anderson, Mary (1859–1940)." Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. Retrieved October 11, 2018 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/women/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/anderson-mary-1859-1940