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Mary H. O'Connor
actress, writer
- Born:
- 1872-09-01, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
- Died:
- 1959-09-03, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Professions:
- actress, writer
Biography
Born the day after summer’s curtain fell in 1872, Mary H. O’Connor first drew breath in St. Paul, Minnesota. Between the Mississippi’s fog and the city’s gas-lamp glow, she sharpened both pen and presence, slipping from page to stage and back again. Audiences met her face in 1915’s *The Lure of the Mask*, felt her pulse again that same year in *A Yankee from the West*, and, two years later, watched her wrestle conscience and cosmos in *Souls Triumphant*. Writer, actress, twin alchemist of ink and emotion, she stayed in motion until September 3, 1959, when Los Angeles took her final bow.
