- Born
- Died
- Birth nameMarie Cecilia Brown Loftus
- Nickname
- The Queen of Mimics
- Birth registration reads as follows (in part):
1876 LOFTUS, MARIE CECILIA B (Statutory registers Births 644/11 1971):
1876 BIRTHS in the District of Hutchesontown in the County of Lanark, No. (#) 1971
Name and Surname: Marie Cecilia Brown LOFTUS, Illegitimate.
When and where born: 1876, October Twenty second 10 h. 30m a.m., 40 Rose Street, Hutchesontown, Glasgow.
Name, Surname & Rank or Profession of Father (none listed).
Name and Maiden Surname of Mother: Mary Loftus, Vocalist.
Date and Place of Marriage (no listing).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Robert Sieger
- SpousesDr. A.H. Waterman(1908 - 1920) (divorced, 1 child)Justin Huntly McCarthy(1893 - 1899) (divorced)
- In November 1922, she was arrested for possession of morphine and atropine. Her dependence on alcohol and painkillers contributed to her death from a heart attack at the Lincoln Hotel in New York City, on July 12, 1943, aged 66.
- Scottish actress, singer, mimic, vaudevillian, and music hall performer, on stage from 1893. She went to Hollywood with a Shakespearean company two years later and decided to settle there. She later pursued a successful career on Broadway as a burlesque performer and mimic.
- In her marriage to Dr. A.H. Waterman, she had one son named Peter.
- Who is that lady with my voice in her throat? --Enrico Caruso
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