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 stage actor and theatrical manager who toured throughout the United States and the major capitals of Europe, performing Shakespearean plays. In 1869, he founded Booth's Th ...

Lawrence Barrett Lawrence Patrick Barrett (April 4, 1838 – March 20, 1891) was an American stage actor. Barrett began his career in 1853 in Detroit and made his first New York appearance in 1856. Barrett enlisted for the American Civil War in 1862, but resigne ...

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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

*'' Social Hypocrites'' (1918), as Maria, Duchess of St. Keverne *'' Secret Strings'' (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-film-actor-1850s-stub