French-born American author, playwright, and actress
For the British archaeologist and historian, see Anna Ritchie (archaeologist).
Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie
Portrait of Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie, c. 1840–1860
Born
(1819-03-05)March 5, 1819 Bordeaux, France
Died
July 21, 1870(1870-07-21) (aged 51) Twickenham, England
Pen name
"Isabel"
"Henry C. Browning"
"Helen Berkley"
Occupation
Playwright, actress
Notable works
Fashion
Spouses
James Mowatt
(m. 1834; died 1851)
William Foushee Ritchie
(m. 1853; died 1868)
Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie (née, Ogden; after first marriage, Mowatt; after second marriage, Ritchie; pseudonyms, Isabel, Henry C. Browning, and Helen Berkley; March 5, 1819 – July 21, 1870) was a French-born American author, playwright, public reader, actress, and preservationist. Her best known work was the play Fashion, published in 1845. Following her critical success as a playwright, she enjoyed a successful career on stage as an actress. Her Autobiography of an Actress was published in 1853. Anna Cora Mowatt played a central role in lobbying and fundraising during the early years of the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association, the oldest national historic preservation organization in the United States.
AnnaCoraMowatt Ritchie (née, Ogden; after first marriage, Mowatt; after second marriage, Ritchie; pseudonyms, Isabel, Henry C. Browning, and Helen Berkley;...
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Robert Montgomery Bird, The Drunkard by William Henry Smith, Fashion by AnnaCoraMowatt, Uncle Tom's Cabin by George Aiken, The Octoroon by Dion Boucicault...
an epicene production was staged with Mary Warner, Fanny Vining, AnnaCoraMowatt, and Edward Loomis Davenport. In 1859, Cymbeline was first performed...
Brutus Booth. Afterwards he went to England, where he supported Mrs. AnnaCoraMowatt (Ritchie) (1819–1870), William Charles Macready and others. In 1854...
1954) Stephen Motika (born 1977) Louise Chandler Moulton (1835–1908) AnnaCoraMowatt (1819–1870) Jennifer Moxley (born 1964) Lisel Mueller (1924–2020) Harryette...
parents were connected with a theatre." In the same decade, the actress AnnaCoraMowatt stated that "being an actress, people considered her and all the actresses...
for her play Octavia Bragaldi, or, The Confession (1837). Aside from AnnaCoraMowatt Ritchie, she is considered the most successful female dramatist of...
her performance in two Off-Broadway plays, Fashion as Gertrude, by AnnaCoraMowatt, and The Geranium Hat as Anne-Betty by Bernard Evslin. She is known...
Robert Montgomery Bird (1810–1858) Robert Taylor Conrad (1819–1870) AnnaCoraMowatt (c. 1820–1890) Dion Boucicault (1823–1890) George H. Boker (1830–1876)...
grade-school students. Lady of Fashion: The Life and the Theatre of AnnaCoraMowatt (1954), biography of the Victorian actress and playwright The Man Who...
Hoffman, John Pendleton Kennedy, George Lippard, James Russell Lowell, AnnaCoraMowatt, Frances Sargent Osgood, James Kirke Paulding, Thomas Mayne Reid, Jeremiah...
period are James Nelson Barker's Superstition; or, the Fanatic Father, AnnaCoraMowatt's Fashion; or, Life in New York, Nathaniel Bannister's Putnam, the Iron...
abridged as a one-act play by Aurand Harris based on the novel written by AnnaCoraMowatt. George Bernard Shaw's Classic Candida: a Pleasant Play (One-Act Play)...
Santa Gadea Henrik Hertz – King René's Daughter (Kong Renés Datter) AnnaCoraMowatt – Fashion; or, Life in New York: a comedy Martins Pena – first performances...
Lady of Lyons in which she was to play the part of "Helen" to Mrs. AnnaCoraMowatt's undisclosed part. When Susan walked in late during the manager's audition...
period are James Nelson Barker's Superstition; or, the Fanatic Father, AnnaCoraMowatt's Fashion; or, Life in New York, Nathaniel Bannister's Putnam, the Iron...
the French Open, she and Venus won the title after defeating Hingis and Anna Kournikova in the final. Williams missed Wimbledon in 1999 due to injury...
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