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Revision as of 06:57, 16 July 2015
Madge Compton (1893-1970) was a British actress[1]
Biography
Born on January 12, 1893 in Margate, Kent, England as Madge Mussared, she was best known for Dear Octopus (1943) and Little Women (1958).
She was married to George Graves and Gerald Lawrence.
Contribution to South African theatre
She was a member of actor-manager Gerald Lawrence’s West End theatre company which toured South Africa in 1929, putting on a portfolio of plays. The tour played in premises owned by African Theatres Ltd. starting in Johannesburg and then visiting Port Elizabeth, East London, Bloemfontein, Cape Town, Pretoria, Bulawayo, Salisbury, Pietermaritzburg and Durban. The plays performed were Monsieur Beaucaire, The School for Scandal, David Garrick, 13 Simon Street and Beau Brummel.
Sources
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0174057/bio
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