Mary Woffington
Irish actress and socialite (1729–1811) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mary Woffington Cholmondeley (1729 – 4 April 1811) was an Irish socialite of the Georgian era. Her sister was the famous actor Peg Woffington. After a failed attempt at an acting career, Mary married the second son of the Earl of Cholmondeley and chose to live as a socialite. With connections in both English and French high society, she came to have a "modest salon", and was close friends with Frances Burney and Samuel Johnson.
For other people with the same name, see Mary Cholmondeley (disambiguation).
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Born | Mary Woffington 1729 (1729) |
Died | 4 April 1811(1811-04-04) (aged 81–82) England |
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Era | Georgian |
Spouse |
Robert Cholmondeley
(m. 1746; died 1804) |
Children | 10 |
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