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- Birth nameMary Antoinette Anderson
- Mary Navarro was born on July 28, 1859 in Sacramento, California, USA. She was an actress, known for Hearts of Oak (1914), Eve's Daughter (1918) and The Battle of Ballots (1915). She was married to Antonio F. de Navarro. She died on May 29, 1940 in Court Farm, Broadway, Worcestershire, England, UK.
- SpouseAntonio F. de Navarro(1890 - October 11, 1932) (his death)
- In 1989, the portion of US Route 150 that adjoins the donated property was named the Mary Anderson Memorial Highway.
- She has been cited as a model for characters in the Mapp and Lucia novels of E F Benson, either the operatic soprano Olga Bracely or Lucia herself, as well as the prototype for the heroine of William Black's novel The Strange Adventures of a House-Boat.
- She published two books of her memories, the 1896 A Few Memories and the 1936 A Few More Memories, and collaborated with Robert Smythe Hichens on a 1911 New York stage adaptation of his novel, The Garden of Allah.
- A devout Roman Catholic, she had a chapel built in her attic, with stained-glass windows designed by Paul Woodroffe.
- Land donated by Anderson in Mount St. Francis, Indiana to the Conventual Franciscan Friars is now the Mount Saint Francis Center for Spirituality. The center serves as the headquarters for the Province of Our Lady of Consolation and home to the Mary Anderson Center, an artist colony.
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