Marie Lohr
Lohr in 1918
Born	Marie Kate Wouldes Lohr (1890-07-28)28 July 1890 Sydney,New South Wales, Australia
Died	21 January 1975(1975-01-21) (aged 84) Brighton,Sussex, England
Other names	Marie Löhr
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1894–1968
Spouse	Anthony Prinsep
Mother	Kate Bishop

Marie Kate Wouldes Lohr (28 July 1890 – 21 January 1975) was an Australian-born actress, active on stage and in film in Britain. During a career of more than 60 years she created roles in plays by, among others,Bernard Shaw,J. M. Barrie,Frederick Lonsdale,Somerset Maugham,William Douglas-Home andNoël Coward. She appeared mainly in theWest End, but toured the British provinces at intervals throughout her career, appeared inBroadway productions and toured Canada.

Marie Löhr was born inSydney,New South Wales, to Lewis J. Löhr, treasurer of theMelbourne opera house, and his wife, the English actressKate Bishop (1848–1923).^[1] Her maternal uncle Alfred Bishop and her godparents,William andMadge Kendal, were also actors.^[2] She moved with her mother to England in 1898 and began to act as a child.^[3] Lohr married Anthony Leyland Prinsep, a theatrical producer, atSt-Martin-in-the-Fields in 1912.^[4] They divorced in 1928.^[5] On the death of Madge Kendal in 1935, Lohr inherited the Kendals' property atFiley.^[6]

Lohr died at the age of 84, and was buried in theBrompton Cemetery in west London.

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Lohr's first stage appearance was in Sydney, aged four, inThe World Against Her. Her London debut (after the family's move to Britain), was at age ten, inShockheaded Peter as well asThe Man Who Stole the Castle.^[1] (Shockheaded Peter starred Lohr's mother andGeorge Grossmith Jr., and was produced at theGarrick Theatre in 1900.)^[7] The run was curtailed by the death ofQueen Victoria, and brought back in 1901, a critic commented "one little actress, 'A Child', represented by Miss Marie Lohr, I think, being particularly good".^[8] Her subsequent stage career was:^[1]

The Noël Coward playPresent Laughter was shown as a "Play of the Week" broadcast by ATV in 1967, Lohr appeared alongsidePeter O'Toole andHonor Blackman.^[9]

• Herbert, Ian, ed. (1972).Who's Who in the Theatre (fifteenth ed.). London: Sir Isaac Pitman and Sons.ISBN 978-0-273-31528-5.

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