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- Birth nameJames Morrison Steele McKay
- Steele MacKaye was born on June 6, 1842 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for Hazel Kirke (1916), Hazel Kirke (1912) and The Miller's Daughter (1905). He was married to Mary Ellen Keith Medbury and Jeannie Spring. He died on February 25, 1894 in Timpas, Colorado, USA.
- SpousesMary Ellen Keith Medbury(June 6, 1865 - February 25, 1894) (his death, 6 children)Jeannie Spring(1862 - ?) (divorced, 1 child)
- Father of Percy MacKaye, with Medbery.
- Bought New York's Lyceum Theatre in 1885, and made it into the first theatre lit only by electric lights.
- Founded the first American acting school.
- Invented the folding theatre seat.
- Invented the movable stage, used to create the illusion that ships are moving on water and that land vehicles are moving on land.
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