Mrs. Edward Knight

Mrs. Edward Knight, née Mary Ann Povey (1804–1861) was an English-American singer and actress in comic opera.

Biography Mary Ann Povey was born in Birmingham, England. She was described as "especially good in comic opera", and as time went on she portrayed an increasing range of characters and became affiliated with the Park Theatre. At age 12 she became a student of Mr. Tom Cooke and made her stage debut as a singer at Drury Lane Theatre in 1817.

In 1826 at St Pancras New Church, Povey married Edward Knight, a musician and son of the actor Edward Knight. Their only child, a daughter, died in 1845. Four years later, she returned to England after becoming partially blind as a result of a disease caused by excessive weeping. Knight died in October 1861 at Brompton, England.