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Margaret Anglin

Margaret Anglin, Canadian actress, director, and producer (died 1958)

Born
April 3, 1876
Died
January 7, 1958
Zodiac sign
Aries
Birth year
1876

About Margaret Anglin

Mary Margaret Warren Anglin was a Canadian-born Broadway actress, director and producer. Encyclopædia Britannica calls her "one of the most brilliant actresses of her day." Anglin became known for her "striking capacity to move effectively and swiftly through the often contradictory emotions felt by heroines" and her ability "to wring tears from the audience while she did so. Anglin's first role in a Greek tragedy was as Antigone in a single performance at the Hearst Greek Theatre at U.C.

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The world when Margaret Anglin was born

Margaret Anglin was born in 1876. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst National League baseball season
  • Top headlineBattle of Little Bighorn — Custer's Last Stand
  • Technology milestoneAlexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
  • Notable inventionTelephone
  • World population~1.56B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderUlysses S. Grant
  • U.S. population43.4M

1876 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Margaret Anglin's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure18762026
Population43.4M341 million

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