Mrs Brown-Potter

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name = Mrs Brown-Potter
birthdate = 15 May 1859
birthplace = New Orleans, USA
othername = Mary Cora Urquhart
deathdate = 12 February 1936
spouse = James Brown-Potter

Mrs Brown-Potter, born Mary Cora Urquhart (1859-1936) was one of the first American society women to take to the stage.Don Gillan (www.stagebeauty.net)]

She married James Brown-Potter in 1877 and they had a daughter, Anne in 1879.

They visited England in 1886 where they met the Prince of Wales and were subsequently invited to spend the weekend with him. James returned to the United States alone following the visit as Mary remained in England to pursue a career on stage. She made her stage debut at the Theatre Royal in Brighton in 1877. Later that year she started a successful partnership with Harold Kyrle Bellew.

She and Harold toured the world ["San Francisco Genealogy"] and starred together for the next ten years.

Despite the fact her husband divorced her in 1903 she continued to use her married name as her stage name. Her last appearance on the London stage was in 1912. She made a further stage appearance in 1919 for a benefit production in Guernsey. In addition to her stage career she helped to raise money for war charities during The Boer War.

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