Postcards of Maud Jeffries 1869-1946
American actress Maud Jeffries made her debut in New York in 1889. She went on, to work with Wilson Barrett and to perform in his company’s production of Twelfth Night. Her career grew during her touring performances in Australia and England. One of her most notable roles was as ‘Mercia’’, the Christian girl in Barrett’s “The Sign of the Cross”