{{short description|American actress (1853–1923)}} {{infobox person | name = Marie Wainwright | image = Marie Wainwright 001.jpg | caption = Portrait by Napoleon Sarony | birth_name = Marie Page Wainwright | birth_date = {{Birth date|1853|05|08|mf=y}} | birth_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | death_date = {{Death date and age|1923|08|17|1853|05|08|mf=y}} | death_place = Scranton, Pennsylvania | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | occupation = actress | years_active = 1877-1921 | spouse = Winston Henry Slaughter(d. 1882).<ref>''Silent Film Necrology'' p.546 2nd edition c. 2001 by Eugene Michael Vazzana</ref><br>Franklyn Roberts(d. 1907),<ref>''Silent Film Necrology''..Eugene Michael Vazzana</ref><br>Louis James<ref>''Silent Film Necrology''...Eugene Michael Vazzana</ref> | partner = | children = | parents = Commodore J.M. Wainwright<br>Maria(Page)Wainwright }}
'''Marie Wainwright''' (May 8, 1853 – August 17, 1923) was an American stage and sometimes screen actress.<ref>[http://asp6new.alexanderstreet.com/atho/atho.detail.people.aspx?personcode=per0054766 Marie Wainwright; ''North American Theatre Online'']</ref> She achieved the bulk of her fame on the Victorian stage. Her parents were Commodore J.M. Wainwright and Maria Wainwright (''nee Page'').<ref>''Who Was Who in the Theatre:1912-1976'' p.2466 vol. 4 Q-Z originally published annually by John Parker; 1976 editions by Gale Research</ref><ref>''The Oxford Companion to American Theatre'' 2nd edition p.696 by Gerald Bordman c.1992</ref> 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, Lawrence Barrett and Tommaso Salvini.<ref>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)</ref> 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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==External links== {{Commons category}} *{{IBDB name|68984}} *{{IMDb name|0906542}} *{{Find a Grave|94143823}} *portraits of Marie Wainwright, [http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/macauley&CISOPTR=1026&CISOBOX=1&REC=1 photo#1], ..[http://digital.library.louisville.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/macauley&CISOPTR=1461&CISOBOX=1&REC=2 photo#2](Univ. of Louisville, Macauley Theatre collection) *[https://web.archive.org/web/20180505070228/http://kdl.kyvl.org/catalog/xt7gxd0qsz74_188_1 youthful portrait](Wayback Machine) *[https://picclick.co.uk/1884-N342-3-Hall-Tobacco-Card-Actresses-Fancy-Corners-292412430469.html 1884 Between the Acts cigarettes]
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