Mary Mannering

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Mary Mannering (1876- ) was an Anglo-American actress, born in London. She studied for the stage under Hermann Vezin. She made her debut at Manchester in 1892 under her own name of Florence Friend.

She was induced by Daniel Frohman to come to New York in 1896. In the United States, she began playing as "Mary Mannering" (the maiden name of her father's mother).

She first starred at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1900, in the title rôle of Janice Meredith. Thereafter, she played leading parts in White Roses (New York, 1901); The Truants (Washington, 1909); The Independent Miss Gower (Chicago, 1909); A Man's World and The Garden of Allah (New York, 1910). She was married to James K. Hackett and later to Frederick E. Wadsworth.