{{Short description|American actress}} {{Use American English|date=January 2018}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2018}} {{Infobox person | name = Marie George | image = Marie George portrait 1907.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = George in 1907 | birth_name = Clara Marie Georg | birth_date = {{Birth date|1876|06|25}} | birth_place = New York City, U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1955|07|15|1876|06|25}} | death_place = London, U.K. | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1900{{ndash}}1911 | known_for = | spouse = Norman J. Norman | children = }}
'''Marie George''' (born '''Clara Marie Georg'''; 25 June 1876 – 15 July 1955) was an American actress, singer and stage beauty who had a successful career first in New York City and later in London, England during the Edwardian era.
==Early life== '''Marie George''' was born in New York on 25 June 1876 as '''Clara Marie Georg''' to German-American parents. On going on the stage she adopted the anglicized version of her surname.
==Stage career== [[File:Marie George Walter Passmorre 1907.jpg|thumb|left|upright|With Walter Passmore in ''Lady Tatters'' (1907)]] On moving with her husband to London she played Dolly Twinkle in ''The Casino Girl'' at the Shaftesbury Theatre (1900), was in the American musical comedy ''The Belle of Bohemia'' at the Apollo Theatre (1901)<ref>Miss Marie George - ''The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News'', January to March 1901</ref> and played Cornelia in ''The White Chrysanthemum'' at the Criterion Theatre (1905).<ref>[https://tuckdbpostcards.org/items/8696 Miss Marie George - Celebrities of the Stage - Tuck Postcards Database]</ref> For a number of years she was a regular in the annual pantomime at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane including: Gretchen in ''Mother Goose'' (1902) opposite Dan Leno;<ref>J. P. Wearing, [https://books.google.com/books?id=o5JWAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA322 ''The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''], Rowman & Littlefield (2014) - Google Books pg. 125</ref> Principal Girl in ''Humpty Dumpty'' (1903)<ref>Wearing, pg. 166</ref> during which she was taken ill and was replaced by Mabel Love; Cupid in ''The White Cat'' (1904));<ref>Wearing, pg. 214</ref> Ruby in ''Sinbad'' (1906);<ref>Tom Sutcliffe, [https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/well-know-weve-made-real-progress-when-colour-on-stage-isnt-an-issue-at-all-8226601.html We'll know we've made real progress, when colour on stage isn't an issue at all] - ''The Independent'' 27 October 2012</ref><ref>Wearing, pg. 322</ref> Cissie in ''Babes in the Wood'' (1907);<ref name=Foot>[https://footlightnotes.tumblr.com/post/40246611747/marie-george-1879-1955-american-actress-and Marie George - Footlight Notes website]</ref><ref>Wearing, pg. 385</ref> and Katrina in ''Dick Whittington'' (1908); and the title role in ''Aladdin'' (1909).<ref>[http://www.its-behind-you.com/drurylanepantos.html Pantomimes at Drury Lane - It's Behind You website]</ref> thumb|Photo of Marie George in "The Casino Girl", published in the Black and White Budget, 20 October 1900. George appeared as Poll Merrie in ''Lady Tatters'' opposite Courtice Pounds and Walter Passmore at the Shaftesbury Theatre (1907)<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=D3cxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA55 ''Lady Tatters'' - ''Truth'', Volume 62, 3 July 1907, pg. 55]</ref> and played Mariza opposite Passmore in ''Baron Trenck'' at the Strand Theatre (1911). In 1912 she played the title role in a British tour of the musical comedy ''The Boy Scout'' with C. Hayden Coffin<ref>[http://www.leodis.net/playbills/item.asp?ri=200337_25851077# ''The Boy Scout''] at the Grand Theatre, Leeds (1912) - Leeds Play Bills</ref> and in 1915 was Mrs. Pineapple in the first revival of ''A Chinese Honeymoon'' at the Prince of Wales Theatre.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.overthefootlights.co.uk/London%20Musicals%201915-1919.pub.pdf |title=London Musicals 1915-1919 - Over the Footlights website |access-date=March 23, 2020 |archive-date=April 19, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160419103936/http://www.overthefootlights.co.uk/London%20Musicals%201915-1919.pub.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>
In July 1911 Marie George was accompanied by Herbert Sparling in a performance at Brighton Palace Pier, where: <blockquote> ‘Marie George gives the audience twenty minutes of sparkling fun, and makes them regret very much the powers that be which prevent her continuing her part for double that period. She is delightful in her songs, “That’s a Cinch,” and “Over again.” She is most ably assisted by Mr. Herbert Sparling, whose make-up as a pianoforte turner and acting throughout is wonderfully clever.’<ref name=Foot/><ref>Brighton & Hove Society, Brighton, Sussex, Thursday, 12 July 1911, p. 4482b</ref> </blockquote>
==Personal life== Marie was married to the American theatrical manager Norman J. Norman.<ref name=Beauty>[http://www.stagebeauty.net/th-frames.html?http&&&www.stagebeauty.net/george/george-m.html Marie George (1877-1975) - Stage Beauty website]</ref> She died in London on 15 July 1955, aged 79.<ref name=Beauty/>
==References== {{reflist|2}}
==External links== *[https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp54551/marie-george Photographs of Marie George (1879-1955), Actress] - National Portrait Gallery, London
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