caption death_date death_place birth_place othername birth_date spouse birthname image article_title name occupation
`` '' photograph by zaida ben-yusuf -lrb- 1896 -rrb- mrs. fiske : love finds the way . 15 february 1932 hollis , long island , new york new orleans , louisiana minnie maddern fiske 19 december 1865 legrand 1888 -rrb- harrison grey fiske -lrb- m. march 19 , white 1890 - 1932 ; her death -rrb- -lrb- m. 1882 - june 25 , marie augusta davey minnie 1896 -lrb- crop -rrb- . jpg maddern fiske , seated , zaida ben-yusuf , minnie maddern fiske
 mrs. fiske actress , playwright
minnie maddern fiske

minnie maddern fiske -lrb- december 19 , 1865 -- february 15 , 1932 -rrb- , born as marie augusta davey with some sources quoting december 19 , 1864 as her date of birth , but often billed simply as mrs. fiske , was one of the leading american actresses of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century .
she also spearheaded the fight against the theatrical syndicate for the sake of artistic freedom .
she was widely considered the most important actress on the american stage in the first quarter of the 20th century .
her performances in several henrik ibsen plays widely introduced american audiences to the norwegian playwright .
