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THE STRAND MAGAZINE.

Portraits of Celebrities at Different Times of their Lives.

MRS. BROWN-POTTER.

Age 4.
From a Photo. by Levitsky, Paris.
Age 24.
From a Photo. by Filk, Sydney.
Age 18.
From a Photo. by Elmer & Chickering, Boston.
Present Day.
From a Photo. by Warneuke, Glasgow.


C ORA URQUHART POTTER was born in Louisiana, her father being Scotch and her mother partly Mexican. She was educated by her mother, and taught to act and recite from babyhood, her mother making her play on all occasions such as birthdays and Christmas. Her first appearance before friends was at the age of five years. She was married at seventeen. She never spoke English until fourteen, speaking entirely French and Spanish. She played all over the States as an amateur, and when the occasion came, and she was thrown on her own resources, she adopted the stage as a profession. She has played in every country and city where the English language is spoken. Mrs. Potter has, perhaps, the largest repertoire of any living actress.

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