Mary McVicker Booth

Mary Frances McVicker (born Mary Frances Runnion, also known as Mary McVicker Booth; September 17, 1848 – November 13, 1881) was an American stage actress and singer perhaps best known for her partnership with actor Edwin Booth, to whom she was married.

Biography Mary Frances Runnion was born on September 17, 1848. Her mother was Harriet G. Myers Weaver Runnion. McVicker made her stage debut in one of her stepfather's theatres in 1858. She later received positive critical attention for her performance as Eva in Uncle Tom's Cabin. She performed in other productions, some of which were written for her. She performed material from Hamlet. She also did imitations of Italian opera singers and the popular French actress Rachel. one reviewer wrote, "the Juliet of Miss McVicker was a very creditable performance". Their son, Edgar, died shortly after birth in 1870; a subsequent pregnancy ended in miscarriage.

McVicker appears as a character in Angela Iannone's play This Prison Where I Live.