Mary Santpere (1913 - 1992)

Actress. Tall and with a special comic timing and a strong catalan accent, she began her career on stage during Spanish Civil War with his father. She also appeared in the circus as a clown. She is best remembered for her films: “Miss Cuplé” (1959), “Detective con faldas” (1961), “La mini-tía” (1967), “Bruja, más que […]

Mary Saunderson (1970 - 1970)

English actress and opera singer. She was the first woman to act professionally in several of Shakespeare’s leading female roles, including Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, Ophelia in Hamlet, and Lady Macbeth, at a time when the law forbidding women from the stage had only just been repealed. Her early success as Ianthe in the […]

Mary Sedley Smith (1970 - 1917)

Actress.  Mary’s stage debut was May 12, 1862 when she appeared in “The Rough Diamond,”.  Her early career found her in supporting roles for the more established stars of the stage. However in later roles she played increasingly important roles such as the nurse in Shakespeare’s “Romeo and Juliet,” whIch was a character long in […]

Mary Stevenson Cassatt (1844 - 1926)

Artist. Born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania (now Pittsburgh) and raised in Philadelphia, she was the fifth child of a wealthy upper class family. Aspiring to be a professional artist, she enrolled in the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts when she was 16. After becoming frustrated with the patronizing attitudes of the male teachers at […]

Mary Stuart (1926 - 2002)

Actress, Singer and Lyricist. She is best remembered for her role as ‘Joanne “Jo” Gardner’ on the CBS daytime television soap opera “Search for Tomorrow,” that aired from 1951 until 1986. Born Mary Stuart Houchins in Miami, Florida, her family moved to Tulsa, Oklahoma. When she was nine years old, Count Basie’s orchestra came to […]

Mary Stuart Houchins Neumann (1926 - 2002)

Actress, singer and songwriter. Very early in life, Mary’s father moved the family to Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was in Tulsa that she showed an interest in performing. When she was nine years old Count Basie’s orchestra came to Tulsa looking for talented performers. He held a talent contest and she performed “Little Girl Blue”. She […]

Mary Sutherland (1970 - 1939)

Vaudevillian Actress. Appeared in vaudeville acts in the 1880s along with her sisters. They were distinguished by their very long hair.  Family links:  Parents:  Fletcher Sutherland (1816 – 1888)  Mary Brink Sutherland (1824 – 1867)  Siblings:  Dora Sutherland (____ – 1926)*  Charles C. Sutherland (____ – 1887)*  Mary Sutherland (____ – 1939)  Sarah Sutherland (1845 […]

Mary Talbert (1866 - 1923)

Mary Talbert was born in Oberlin, Ohio in 1866. As the only African-American woman in her graduating class from Oberlin College in 1886, Burnett received a Bachelor of Arts degree, then called an S.P. degree. She entered the field of education, first as a teacher in 1886 at Bethel University in Little Rock and then […]

Mary Tamm (1950 - 2012)

Actress. Best known for playing Romana in the popular British series “Doctor Who”. Born to poverty-stricken Estonian immigrants in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, in the Northern region of England, she was not introduced to the English language until she attended primary school. With aspirations of becoming an actress Mary was able to attend the Royal Academy of […]

Mary Thom (1944 - 2013)

Thom was born in Akron, Ohio in 1944. Her father was an engineer. He worked in the steel industry. Her mother worked from home as a homemaker. Thom listened to jazz and enjoyed Shakespeare. She credits these two interests at triggering her interest in activism. She graduated from Bryn Mawr College in 1966. While there, […]

Mary Todd Lincoln (1818 - 1882)

Mary Todd Lincoln Mary Todd Lincoln was born in Lexington, in Kentucky as the fourth of seven children of Robert Smith Todd, a banker, and Elizabeth (Parker) Todd. Her family were slaveholders, and Mary was raised in comfort and refinement. When Mary was six, her mother died. Two years later, her father married Elizabeth “Betsy” […]

Mary Towne Easty (1634 - 1692)

Convicted of practicing witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. There are twenty benches in the memorial, one for each of the victims actively put to death (not counting those who died in prison).  Family links:  Parents:  William Towne (1598 – 1673)  Joanna Blessing Towne (1594 – 1682)  Spouse:  Isaac Esty (1627 – 1712)  Children:  Joseph […]

Mary Treen (1907 - 1989)

Actress in Film and Televison. Probably best remembered as Cousin Tilly in the Frank Capra Classic “Its A Wonderful Life.” On Televison she played Hilda the Nurse on “The Joey Bishop Show.” She had several guest starring roles, including playing ‘Rose,’ the Taylor’s former maid on the pilot episode of “The Andy Griffith Show,” and […]

Mary Tyler Moore (1936 - 2017)

Mary Tyler Moore Mary Tyler Moore, one of the most beloved and honored actresses in television history, died Wednesday in a Greenwich, Connecticut, hospital. The star of “The Dick Van Dyke Show” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” was 80. Moore, who had been the CEO of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, was diagnosed with […]

Mary Ure (1933 - 1975)

Born in Glasgow, Mary Ure was the daughter of civil engineer Colin McGregor Ure and Edith Swinburne. She went to the independent Mount School in York, and trained for the stage at the Central School of Speech and Drama in London. Known for her beauty, Ure began performing on the London stage and quickly developed […]

Mary Wickes (1910 - 1995)

Actress. Born Mary Isabelle Wickenhauser in St. Louis, Missouri, the daughter of a well-to-do St. Louis banker, Wickes was an excellent student, completing a political science degree at the Washington University in St. Louis by the age of 18. She originally intended becoming a lawyer. She made her Broadway debut in 1934. Wickes began acting […]

Mary Wiseman See (1854 - 1939)

Candy Maker. Born Mary Wiseman on Howe Island in Ontario, Canada, she developed her chocolate candy recipes while helping run her husband’s hotel on nearby Tremont Island. Following her husband’s death in 1919, she moved with her son Charles to California and settled in Los Angeles. Inspired by his mother’s candy, Charles opened the first […]

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759 - 1797)

Wollstonecraft was born on 27 April 1759 in Spitalfields, London. She was the second of the seven children of Edward John Wollstonecraft and Elizabeth Dixon. Although her family had a comfortable income when she was a child, her father gradually squandered it on speculative projects. Consequently, the family became financially unstable and they were frequently […]

Mary, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1631 - 1660)

Princess Mary Henrietta was born at St. James’s Palace, London. Charles I designated her Princess Royal in 1642, thus establishing the tradition that the eldest daughter of the British Sovereign might bear this title. The title came into being when Queen Henrietta Maria, the daughter of King Henry IV of France wished to imitate the […]

Mary, Queen of Scots (1542 - 1587)

Mary, Queen of Scots (8 December 1542 – 8 February 1587), also known as Mary Stuart[3] or Mary I of Scotland, was Queen of Scotland from 14 December 1542 to 24 July 1567 and Queen consort of France from 10 July 1559 to 5 December 1560.  Mary, the only surviving legitimate child of King James […]

Masanao Sekine (1970 - 1970)

Scholar of classical Japanese. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)

Masaru “Genius Inventor” Ibuka (1908 - 1997)

Ibuka was co-founder of a tiny recording company that ultimately grew to become the Sony Corporation. One of his most important contributions was to lead the Japanese charge to make their own innovative electronic products instead of simply copying what was being done in the West.  He brought transistor technology to Japan, and Sony built […]

Masayoshi Matsukata (1835 - 1924)

Founder of the Nippon Bank. Matsukata, a native of Kagoshima prefecture, also served terms as the 4th and 6th Prime Ministers of Japan from May 6, 1891 to August 8, 1892 and September 18, 1896 to January 12, 1898, respectively. (bio by: Warrick L. Barrett)  Family links:  Children:  Kingiro Matsukata (____ – 1906)* *Calculated relationship

Mason Adams (1919 - 2005)

Adams was born in Brooklyn, New York. He earned an MA degree from the University of Michigan in Theatre Arts and Speech and also attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison, studying theater arts. He made his stage debut in 1940, appearing in summer stock at Baltimore’s Hilltop Theater. Adams was heard on many radio programs during Radio’s […]

Mason Fitch Cogswell (1760 - 1830)

Educator. After his daughter lost her hearing at age 2, Dr. Cogswell began the process to start an educational facility for similarly handcapped people. After several years he and a group of a few others obtained state funds to send Thomas Gallaudet to Europe to study the English and French schools for the deaf. After […]

Massimo Amfiteatrof (1907 - 1990)

Massimo Amfiteatrof was born Maksim Aleksandrovič Amfiteatrov (russian: Максим Александрович Амфитеатров) from a russian family. His mother, Ilariā Vladimirovna Amfiteatrova, was an actress and a singer, while his father, Alexander Amfiteatrov, was a writer and a journalist. His brother, Daniele Amfitheatrof, became an orchestra conductor. He lived in St. Petersburg until 1917. When the Russian […]

Massimo Girotti (1918 - 2003)

Italian Actor. Before entering films in 1939 Girotti was a successful engineering student and polo and swimming star. From 1939 to 2000 he appeared in over 117 motion pictures. His films include, “Desiderio” (1943), “Ossessione” (1943), “The Gate Of Heaven” (1946), “Sins Of Role” (1952), “Teorema” (1968), “L’Innocente” (1976), and “The Berlin Affair” (1989).

Matchett Herring Coe (1907 - 1999)

Sculptor.  A US Navy combat veteran of WW II, he attended public schools and college in Louisiana and at South Park College (now Lamar University), TX, majoring in electrical engineering. During 1939-40 he studied sculpture under Carl Mines at Cranbrook Art Academy in Michigan, and has come to be recognized as one of the foremost […]

Mathew B. Brady (1822 - 1896)

Photographer. He was born in Warren City, New York. He had studied painting before being attracted to the photographic process of Louis Daguerre. He opened a portrait studio in New York during the 1840s, utilizing the improved daguerreotype. Eventually he also set up a studio in Washington D.C., where his cameras caught the images of […]

Mathew Carey (1760 - 1839)

Publisher. At fifteen, he decided to be both a printer and bookseller, and two years later he produced his first pamphlet. A later publication, addressed to Irish Catholics was so incendiary that Carey had to escape Ireland to avoid prosecution and imprisonment. After fleeing to Paris, Carey met Benjamin Franklin who represented the United States […]