Biography
Dame Mary Susan Etherington, (15 July 1864 β 15 October 1942), known professionally as Marie Tempest, was an English singer and actress.
Tempest became a famous soprano in late Victorian light opera and Edwardian musical comedies. Later, she became a leading comic actress and toured widely in North America and elsewhere. She was, at times, her own theatre manager during a career spanning 55 years. She was also instrumental in the founding of the actors' union Equity in Britain.
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Baroness Lindenborg
Moonlight Sonata (1937)
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Mrs. Plum
Mrs. Plum's Pudding (1915)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1864-07-15
Deathday1942-10-15 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
SpouseCosmo Stuart
FatherEdwin Etherington
MotherSarah Mary Castle
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
AwardsDame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
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