Marie Tempest

Dame Marie Tempest DBE
Tempest in 1915
Born	Mary Susan Etherington 15 July 1864 London, UK
Died	15 October 1942 (aged 78) London, UK
Occupation(s)	Actress and singer
Spouses	Alfred Edward Izard ​ ​ (m. 1885; div. 1889)​ Cosmo Gordon-Lennox ​ ​ (m. 1898; died 1921)​ W. Graham Brown ​ ​ (m. 1921; died 1937)​

Dame Mary Susan Etherington (15 July 1864 – 15 October 1942), known professionally as Marie Tempest, was an English singer and actress.

Tempest became a 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. She was also instrumental in the founding of the actors' union Equity in Britain.