{{Short description|New Zealand singer, actor, composer (1910–1994)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2023}} {{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2012}} '''Mary Bertha Rawlinson''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|MBE|size=85%}} (1 June 1910 &ndash; 25 January 1994) was a New Zealand singer, actress, drama producer, composer and music teacher. She was born in [[Geraldine, New Zealand|Geraldine]], New Zealand, in 1910.<ref name="DNZB Rawlinson">{{DNZB|title=Mary Bertha Rawlinson|first= Adrienne|last= Simpson|id=5r8|accessdate=23 April 2017}}</ref>

In the [[1976 Birthday Honours (New Zealand)|1976 Queen's Birthday Honours]], she was appointed a [[Order of the British Empire|Member of the Order of the British Empire]], for services to music and drama.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=46921 |date=12 June 1976 |page=8057 |supp=3}}</ref>

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