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Princess Caraboo. Mary Baker (née Willcocks; 11 November 1792 (alleged), [2] Witheridge, Devonshire, England – 24 December 1864, Bristol, England) was an English impostor. Posing as the fictional Princess Caraboo, Baker pretended to come from a far-off island kingdom and fooled a British town for some months.
- Mary Ann Baker (daughter) (1829–1900)
- Imprisonment
- Being an imposter known as Princess Caraboo
- Pardoned
Princess Caraboo is a 1994 American historical comedy-drama film. It was directed by Michael Austin, and written by Austin and John Wells. The story is based on the real-life 19th-century character Princess Caraboo, who passed herself off in British society as an exotic princess who spoke a strange foreign language. It stars Phoebe Cates .
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Oct 5, 2011 · Mary Baker, a simple servant, pretended to be Princess Caraboo, a woman who was kidnapped by pirates, in 1817. She fooled everyone with her exotic clothes, language and story, until her identity was exposed by a portrait.
Dec 28, 2021 · Princess Caraboo was a fictional Indonesian princess created by Mary Baker, a poor cobbler's daughter. She fooled the English public with her exotic language and tale of pirate escape, until her landlady exposed her as a fraud.
Princess Caraboo: Directed by Michael Austin. With Jim Broadbent, Phoebe Cates, Wendy Hughes, Kevin Kline. A mysterious young woman speaking a strange language shows up in an English village, where she is taken in by aristocrats who assume she is a foreign princess.
- Michael Austin
- 31 sec
May 9, 2019 · Mary Baker, also known as Princess Caraboo, tricked a town into believing she was an exotic island princess in 1817. Learn how she pulled off her grift, why she was exposed, and what happened to her after.
Mar 16, 2024 · The Mysterious Princess Caraboo. The village of Almondsbury, Gloucestershire, England, is not often visited by exotic strangers, even less so in the 19th century. So, when a raven-haired beauty in a turban turned up in April 1817, she caused quite a stir.
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