Mary Newcomb (â€") was an American actress who appeared on the
American and British stage and in films.Mary Newcomb was born on
August , , in North Adams, Massachusetts, the daughter of Josiah
Turner Newcomb, and Sophie De Wolfe Newcomb. She grew up in New York
City and La Grangeville in Dutchess County, New York. She attended
Lauralton Hall Academy, a convent school for girls in Milford
Connecticut.Newcomb was an advocate for allowing women to vote, giving
speeches with Carrie Chapman Catt and Elsie Lincoln Benedict. She
began lecturing on a suffrage tour when she was , addressing New York
crowds from Albany to Battery Park.Newcomb was discovered and
encouraged as an actress by the distinguished actor Robert Edeson, who
heard her speaking as a suffragette in New York and recognized her
inherent talent.[citation needed] Her "first actual role" was in His
Brother's Keeper, a production of Edeson's company.
American and British stage and in films.Mary Newcomb was born on
August , , in North Adams, Massachusetts, the daughter of Josiah
Turner Newcomb, and Sophie De Wolfe Newcomb. She grew up in New York
City and La Grangeville in Dutchess County, New York. She attended
Lauralton Hall Academy, a convent school for girls in Milford
Connecticut.Newcomb was an advocate for allowing women to vote, giving
speeches with Carrie Chapman Catt and Elsie Lincoln Benedict. She
began lecturing on a suffrage tour when she was , addressing New York
crowds from Albany to Battery Park.Newcomb was discovered and
encouraged as an actress by the distinguished actor Robert Edeson, who
heard her speaking as a suffragette in New York and recognized her
inherent talent.[citation needed] Her "first actual role" was in His
Brother's Keeper, a production of Edeson's company.
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