McIntosh, Madge (1875–1950)

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McIntosh, Madge (1875–1950)

English actress and producer. Born April 8, 1875, in Calcutta, India; died Feb 19, 1950; m. W. Graham Browne (div.).

Made stage debut in London as Peg Woffington in Masks and Faces (1893); toured with the companies of Ben Greet, Olga Nethersole, the Kendals, and Forbes-Robertson; also appeared in Mademoiselle Mars, The Silver Link, Hamlet, The Virgin Goddess, The Great Conspiracy, The Blue Bird and A Fool There Was; appointed director of Liverpool Rep (1914) and produced an 8-week season at King's, Hammersmith (1925); produced other plays and ran Madge McIntosh's Rep Co. at Theatre Royal, Huddersfield, Yorkshire; taught at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA).

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