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    Mary Devlin Booth

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  1. Mary Devlin Booth (1840–1863) was an American stage actress and the first wife of actor Edwin Booth. Private life. Booth was born Mary Devlin in Troy, New York, on May 19, 1840. She married Edwin Booth on July 7, 1860, at which point she retired from acting. Through this marriage, she became a part of the prominent Booth family.

  2. Nickname: Mollie Mary Elizabeth Devlin Booth, first wife of Edwin Booth (the foremost American Shakespearean performer of the 19th century), died on Feb. 21, 1863. She is buried at Mount Auburn. Edwin Booth, who died in 1893, is buried beside her and their daughter and her family share the plot. Throughout his life,...

  3. Jun 6, 2021 · Biography. Mary (Devlin) Booth is Notable. Mary was born in 1840. Mary Devlin ... She passed away in 1863. Timeline: [1] 1852 - appeared on stage 1st time, May 4 in Troy, NY. 1853 - performed in School for Scandal production with the Placides, Murdock, Wallack and Jefferson (autumn, Baltimore) 1854 - performed under tutelage of A.W. Fenno as a ...

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    • May 19, 1840
    • Edwin Thomas Booth
    • February 21, 1863
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  5. a portrait of Mary Devlin, a bronze casting of Booth’s daughter Edwina’s hand in his, and a shrine to Shakespeare that features a bust of the bard and a rubbing of the inscription on his grave (Fig. 10). A tobacco fiend like most men of his time and station, Booth also left behind an assort-ment of cigarette and cigar cases, tobacco pouches, a

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Edwin_BoothEdwin Booth - Wikipedia

    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. [2] Some theatrical historians consider him the greatest American actor, and the greatest Prince ...

  7. Edwin Booth was married twice: on July 7, 1860 to Mary Devlin Booth (5/19/1840-2/21/1863), who died after a brief illness and on June 7, 1869 to Mary McVicker Booth (9/1848-11/13/1881). Both wives had done some acting before marriage. Mary Devlin Booth was the mother of Edwin Booth's only surviving child, Edwina Booth Grossman (12/9/1861-12/25 ...

  8. Aug 27, 2008 · The subject of the portrait is the first wife of Edwin Booth, actor, and sister-in-law of the more infamous Booth brother, Abraham Lincoln assassin, John Wilkes Booth. Mary Devlin Booth (1840-1863) was an actress in her own right, and in The Letters and Notebooks of Mary Devlin Booth (PN 2287 .B5 A4 1987) she details her passion for her own ...

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