Anna Cora Mowatt
Anna Cora Mowatt Ritchie (born March 5, 1819 in Bordeaux , France , † July 21, 1870 in Twickenham , United Kingdom ) was an American author , playwright and actress .
biography
Born Anna Cora Ogden in Bordeaux , France , she was the tenth of eleven children. Her father was Samuel Governor Ogden (1779-1860) and her mother was Eliza Lewis Ogden (1785-1836), the granddaughter of Francis Lewis , one of the signatories of the United States' Declaration of Independence . In 1826 the family moved back to the USA.
On October 6, 1834, she married James Mowatt (1805-1849), a lawyer . They moved to Flatbush, New York . Her first book, Pelayo, or The Cavern of Covadonga , was published in 1836 under the pseudonym "Isabel". Under another pseudonym, Henry C. Browning, she wrote a biography about Johann Wolfgang von Goethe .
In 1845 her best known piece, Fashion , was published. In the same year she began her acting career in the production of The Lady of Lyons .
Individual evidence
- ^ Anna Cora Mowatt, History of Performance Studies / Uni. of North Texas
- ^ Portraits of American Women Writers
- ↑ Fashion ( Memento from March 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Anna Cora Mowatt, A Glimpse of Theater History ( Memento from September 26, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Web links
- Wikisource: Anna Cora Mowatt
- University of North Texas Biography
- Anna Cora Mowatt in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mowatt, Anna Cora |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ogden, Anna Cora (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author, playwright, and actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 5, 1819 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bordeaux , France |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 1870 |
| Place of death | Twickenham , UK |