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PORTER, MARY (d. 1765)

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

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