Marie Studholme

Marie Studholme

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Marie Studholme Performer - Born 10th September 1873* - Eccleshill, Yorkshire (England).

Died 10th March 1930

Real Name Caroline Maria Lupton.

Married 1) Gilbert James Porteous, 2) 12th September 1908, Harold Giles Borrett

Miscellaneous 1. 1892: Signed by Charles Wyndham to join his company at the Criterion Theatre in London. 2. 1897: Toured US with George Edwardes No. 1 company. 3. From an early age was raised by her grandparents, Samuel Lupton [Grocer] and wife Mary Ann - possibly the daughter of their son Joseph. 4. One of the most popular postcards beauties of her day. 5. *Some sources say 1875 - 1873 is confirmed in census records.

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Caroline Maria Lupton (10 September 1872 – 10 March 1930), better known by the stage name Marie Studholme, was an English actress and singer known for her supporting and sometimes starring roles in Victorian and Edwardian musical comedy. Her attractive features made her one of the most popular postcard beauties of her day.

Studholme's theatre career spanned from 1891 to 1915. She was one of producer George Edwardes' famous Gaiety Girls and originated several roles in musical comedies. Studholme toured widely in the British provinces and abroad in shows that had enjoyed successful London productions, and she became extremely popular in the British provinces. She ended her career in music hall comedy sketches. After her retirement from the stage, she fostered a boy and adopted a girl.

Personal life Amid the demands of a busy theatre schedule, Studholme found time in 1907 to study Jujitsu with Yukio Tani. She married Porteous in 1891, and the marriage ended in divorce. She was married again on 4 September 1908 to Harold Giles Borrett, four years her junior, the son of Major-General Herbert Charles Borrett, who courted her under an assumed name. Studholme had no children of her own. She fostered Peter Lupino and then around 1916 adopted Jill (Granddaughter of Eardley Norton, former Attorney General of Madras), who was four years younger than Lupino. Borrett was not fond of the children, but he suffered them as he was dependent on Studhome's considerable wealth. He never worked.

Studholme loved animals and was often photographed with them. She reportedly charged a sixpence to autograph her postcards and gave the proceeds to animal and theatrical charities. In 1904, Studholme brought and won a lawsuit against Edward Foley, a London dentist, who altered her photographic image for use in an advertisement without permission. She converted to Christian Science and lived out her retirement in Hampstead and Laleham where, in 1909, the young Architect Edward Maufe designed a weekend house for her. She called the house 'The Barn', possibly after the Dutch Barn in the musical Miss Hook of Holland. Studholme Court, a council block, was later built on part of the site of the garden of Studholme's former Hampstead home, off the Finchley Road.

Studholme died at her home in London in March 1930 from a short but virulent attack of rheumatic fever, at the age of 57, and was buried in the St Marylebone Cemetery in East Finchley, survived by her second husband and children. She left an estate valued at £58,303. On 10 March 2012 The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America erected a commemorative blue plaque at Studholme's last home in Hampstead, and restored her memorial at St. Marylebone Cemetery in East Finchley.

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Marie Studholme was born on Wednesday, 10 September 1873 in Stonehall, Eccleshill, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. Her full name at birth was Caroline Maria Lupton. She was best known as a performance artist. Studholme's country of citizenship (nationality) was British. She died on Monday, 10 March 1930 in London, England UK at the age of 56. She had dark brown eyes and dark brown hair (color). Her zodiac star sign was Virgo.

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