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Mary Baker (née Willcocks; 11 November 1792 (alleged), [2] Witheridge, Devonshire, England – 24 December 1864, Bristol, England) was an English impostor. Posing as the fictional Princess Caraboo , Baker pretended to come from a far-off island kingdom and fooled a British town for some months.
Princess Caraboo is a 1994 American historical comedy-drama film.It was directed by Michael Austin, and written by Austin and John Wells.The story is based on the real-life 19th-century character Princess Caraboo, who passed herself off in British society as an exotic princess who spoke a strange foreign language.
Narrative of a singular Imposture carried out at Bristol by one Mary Baker, styling herself the Princess Caraboo, 1817. regarding the hoaxer 'Princess Caraboo'. Poems of George Wither, Bristol, 1820, three vols.; this collection was never completed; some copies are divided into four vols., and bear the date 1839. Gutch had written a life of ...
Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910), born Mary Baker, founder of Christian Science; Mary Landon Baker (1901–1961), American socialite and heiress famous for her romantic life; Princess Caraboo (1791–1864), English impostor; Mary E. Baker (1923–1995), African-American community activist; Mary Baker McQuesten (1849–1934), born Mary Jane Baker ...
John Lynch is an Irish actor and novelist. He won the AFI (AACTA) Award for Best Actor for the 1995 film Angel Baby.His other film and television appearances include Cal (1984), The Secret Garden (1993), In the Name of the Father (1993), Sliding Doors (1998), The Fall (2013–2016), Medici (2019), The Head (2020–2022), The Banishing (2021), and Blue Lights (2023.
Princess Caraboo/Mary Baker Princess Caraboo: Portrayed by Phoebe Cates. Princess Daisy Valenski Princess Daisy: Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Judith Krantz. Portrayed by Merete Van Kamp as an adult and by Rachel Dennis as a child. Dani Valenski Daisy's twin sister, not accepted by their father because she was born brain ...
Princess Caraboo [N 13] distribution in North and Latin America, Japan and Southeast Asia only; produced by Beacon Communications: October 7, 1994: Only You: co-production with Fried/Woods Films and Yorktown Productions November 4, 1994: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: co-production with Japan Satellite Broadcasting, Inc.
Phoebe Belle Cates Kline (born July 16, 1963) [1] is an American retired actress who appeared in the films Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Gremlins (1984), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), Drop Dead Fred (1991) and Princess Caraboo (1994).