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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.
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
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 ...
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 ...
Phoebe Belle Cates Kline (born July 16, 1963) [1] is an American retired actress, who appeared in films such as Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Gremlins (1984), Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990), Drop Dead Fred (1991) and Princess Caraboo (1994).
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.