Maria Theresa Kemble

British actress

Also known as: Marie-Thérèse de Camp

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Also called:: Marie-Thérèse Kemble

Née:: de Camp

Born:: Jan. 17, 1774, Vienna, Austria

Died:: Sept. 3, 1838, Chertsey, Surrey, Eng.

Also Known As:: Marie-Thérèse de Camp

Maria Theresa Kemble (born Jan. 17, 1774, Vienna, Austria—died Sept. 3, 1838, Chertsey, Surrey, Eng.) was an English singer, dancer, and actress who married the actor and theatrical manager Charles Kemble.

The daughter of a French family of musicians, Maria Theresa was taken to England as a small child. In 1786 she found an acting part at the Drury Lane Theatre. She continued to play a wide variety of minor parts, some of them singing. In 1806 she married Charles Kemble and appeared with him for years in supporting parts at the Covent Garden. Their two daughters also won fame; they were the author and actress Fanny Kemble and the opera and concert singer Adelaide Kemble.

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