MacKinlay, Jean Sterling (1882–1958)

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MacKinlay, Jean Sterling (1882–1958)

English actress. Born in 1882 in London, England; died Dec 15, 1958; m. E. Harcourt Williams (actor and director), 1908.

Made stage debut (with F.R. Benson) in Coriolanus (1901), followed by If I Were King, When a Man Marries, The Gay Lord Quex, A Pair of Spectacles, Arms and the Man and King Henry V (as Katherine), among others; achieved more success with a series of dramatic and folksong recitals; was prominently associated with the movement for Children's Theatre in England and staged a series of children's matinees every Christmas for 27 years.

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