Marie Tempest, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marie Tempest

British actor-singer

Date of Birth: 15-Jul-1864

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 15-Oct-1942

Profession: actor, singer, stage actor, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Dame Mary Susan Etherington, (15 July 1864 – 15 October 1942), known professionally as Marie Tempest, was an English singer and actress known as the "queen of her profession". Tempest became the most famous soprano in late Victorian light opera and Edwardian musical comedies.
Later, she became a leading comic actress and toured widely in North America and elsewhere.
She was, at times, her own theatre manager during a career spanning 55 years.
Tempest was also instrumental in the founding of the actors' union Equity in Britain.