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MARY PORTER (d. 1765)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 116 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MARY
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PORTER (d. 1765)  ,
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English actress, was brought to the
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attention of
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Betterton by Mrs
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Barry, who had seen her
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play the
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Fairy
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Queen at
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Bartholomew
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Fair . In his
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company she made her first
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appearance in 1699, in tragedy, in which she was at her best, although she also played a
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long
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list of
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comedy parts . When her
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friends, Mrs Barry, Mrs
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Bracegirdle and Mrs
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Oldfield, had retired from the
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stage, she was
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left its undisputed queen . She died on the 24th of
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February 1765 .

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