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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.
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 ...
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.
Witheridge is the birthplace of Mary Baker, a noted impostor who in 1817 went by the name "Princess Caraboo" from a fictional far-off island kingdom. [7]Frank and Mary Housam have represented Witheridge in town crier competitions all over the world, winning trophies in Canada, Australia and the US, and represented Witheridge at the World Town Crier Championships in Maryborough City, Australia.
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 ...
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, activist; Mary Ann Baker (1831–1921), American composer and singer; Mary Lou ...
Princess Caraboo [N 13] distribution in North and Latin America, Japan and Southeast Asia only; co-production with Beacon Pictures: October 7, 1994: Only You: co-production with Fried/Woods Films November 4, 1994: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein: co-production with American Zoetrope and IndieProd Company Productions December 21, 1994: Mixed Nuts
Princess Caraboo, also known as Mary Baker, a woman in England who alleged to be a princess from a far-off land. The Priory of Sion, a made-up secret society that plays a prominent role in The Da Vinci Code. [10] Progesterex, a fictitious date-rape drug. Prophecy of the Popes, a Latin document predicting the next Popes.