Marie Tempest Net Worth
Marie Tempest Net Worth is
$200,000
Marie Tempest Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Dame Marie Tempest DBE (15 July 1864 – 15 October 1942) was an English singer and actress known as the "queen of her profession".Tempest became the most famous soprano in late Victorian light opera and Edwardian musical comedies. Later, she became a leading comic actress and toured widely in North America and elsewhere. She was, at times, her own theatre manager during a career spanning 55 years. Tempest was also instrumental in the founding of the actors' union Equity in Britain. | Date Of Birth | July 15, 1862 |
| Died | 1942-10-15 |
| Place Of Birth | London, England, UK |
| Profession | Actress |
| Spouse | Cosmo Gordon-Lennox |
| Star Sign | Cancer |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | In ill health, she was forced to sell her art collection after losing her home in a German air raid during WWII. She told her friends that she considered herself lucky, "Hitler has taken nearly everything from me but my life, but you can't live on regret. You've got to live for the present and future, not the past.". |
| 2 | Said that at first acting in movies "frightened her". |
| 3 | Switched to more dramatic roles after gaining stardom in musical comedy and light opera. |
| 4 | Her admirers called her the "Queen of Her Profession". |
| 5 | She was awarded the DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the Coronation Honours List of 1937 for her services to drama. |
Actress
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yellow Sands | 1938 | Jennifer Varwell | |
| Moonlight Sonata | 1937 | Baroness Lindenborg | |
| Mrs. Plum's Pudding | 1915 | Mrs. Plum | |
| English Nell | 1900 | Short | Nell Gwynne |
| Umbrella Dance, San Toy | 1900 | Short | San Toy |
Known for movies
Yellow Sands (1938)
as Jennifer Varwell
Umbrella Dance, San Toy (1900)
as San Toy
Mrs. Plum's Pudding (1915)
as Mrs. Plum
English Nell (1900)
as Nell Gwynne