Marjorie Patterson

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Marjorie Patterson as Pierrot, from a 1916 magazine cover.
Marjorie Patterson as Pierrot, from a 1916 magazine cover.

Marjorie Patterson (May 12, 1886[1] – March 11, 1948) was an American author and actress in the early 20th century.

Career

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Her works included the novels Fortunata (1911),[2][3][4] The Dust of the Road (1913), about her experiences acting in London,[5][6] and A Woman's Man (1919).[7][8]

Publishers Weekly provided this summary of Fortunata in 1911: "Fortunata is the granddaughter of an old Roman Princess and lives in a great Roman palace. When about 18 she begins to have her own way. She spends money lavishly, associates with most unhealthy companions for a young girl. Finally she drifts to England and marries a very rich man and is forced to live with his hum-drum mother and daughters. The Italian wife remains erratic and the end is tragedy."[9] H. L. Mencken gave the book a positive review.[10]

Patterson's theatre roles included playing the title role in Pierrot the Prodigal (which played at the Booth Theatre in New York and was produced by Winthrop Ames and Walter Knight),[11][12] and in the one-act Pan in Ambush, which she wrote.[13] She also acted for a few years in England.[14][15][16][17][18]

Reporting on her in the 1910s places her birth year around 1891; it was not uncommon at this time for actresses to claim a younger age. Attention to her doings dropped off by about 1922, and there is little subsequent mention of her after that time.

Personal life and death

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Patterson was the only daughter of Wilson Patterson and Margaret Sherwood. Her great-grandfather was author and critic John Neal,[1] and her great-aunt was Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, sister-in-law of Napoleon.[3][19] She lived her later years in New York City where she died of hepatitis.

Bibliography

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  • Fortunata: a novel (February 1911, Harper & Bros.)
  • The Dust of the Road (1913)
  • A Woman's Man (1919)
  • Pan in Ambush (1916) (one act play)

References

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  2. ^ Gaines, C.H. (February 1911). Harper's Bookshelf, Harper's Magazine, Vol. 122, p. 488-89
  3. ^ a b (September 1911). Chronicle and Comment, The Bookman (New York), Vol. 34, No. 1, p. 9
  4. ^ (4 March 1911). Book review, Pittsburgh Press
  5. ^ (8 December 1912). Miss Patterson Rests After Writing Book on English Theatricals, Washington Herald
  6. ^ (8 November 1913). The Bellman's Bookshelf, The Bellman, p. 596
  7. ^ (1 November 1919). Three Woman Novelists, The Nation
  8. ^ American Fiction, 1901-1925: A Bibliography, p. 520 (Cambridge Univ. Press 1997)
  9. ^ (25 February 1911). Review, Publishers Weekly
  10. ^ (June 1911). The Horse Power of Realism, The Smart Set, p. 153-54
  11. ^ (November 1916). Pierrot the Prodigal, Green Book Magazine
  12. ^ (16 December 1916). Brooklyn Life (cover photo), Brooklyn Life
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  14. ^ (4 November 1921). Girls Greatest Gifts All Belong To Her, Southeast Missourian
  15. ^ (30 March 1918). Vagabond Players of Baltimore, The Dramatic Mirror, p. 30
  16. ^ (7 February 1916). Acts in Play She Wrote: Miss Marjorie Patterson Presents "Pan in Ambush" in London, The New York Times
  17. ^ (14 June 1914). Miss Patterson's Success: Member of Baltimore Family Praised for Her Acting, The New York Times
  18. ^ (30 April 1913). Foreign Notes, New York Dramatic Mirror, p. 11, col. 1
  19. ^ (July 1908). Types of Fair Women, The Scrap Book, Vol. 6, No. 1, p. 85, 87
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