Mary van Buren

Mary van Buren (1867-1916)[] was an American born actress

Biography

Born Mary Van Buren Haynes, the daughter of Col. John L Haynes and Angelica Irene Wells Haynes, on 24 July, 1867 in Austin, Texas, and went on to become what describes as "an international actress". (1867-1916). In the early years of the 20th century (1903-4) she apparently undertook a tour of the British colonies (e.g. India, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa) with the Frawley Company.

She was twice married, to John A Jeffery in 1887 and to Peter Charles Ernest Paul (1874–1920) in 1908, and passed away on 13 March, 1916, in Baltimore, Maryland.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

She appeared in South Africa in 1904 as a leading actress for the Frawley Company, playing the leads opposite Daniel Frawley during their year long tour of the country, inter alia in Madame Sans-Gêne (Sardou and Moreau), The Girl I Left Behind Me () and In Mizzouri ().

Sources

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25134823/mary-van_buren-paul

https://natlib.govt.nz/records/22484471

D.C. Boonzaier, 1923. "My playgoing days – 30 years in the history of the Cape Town stage", in SA Review, 9 March and 24 August 1932. (Reprinted in Bosman 1980: pp. 374-439.)

F.C.L. Bosman. 1980. Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1916. Pretoria: J.L. van Schaik: pp.

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