- Famous Broadway star in 1900s and 1910s.
- Star of Gilbert and Sullivan operettas.
- In addition to be portrayed by Irene Manning in "Yankee Doodle Dandy," she was also portrayed by June Havoc in the 1957 TV special "Mr. Broadway," in which Mickey Rooney played George M. Cohan.
- Starred in one of George M. Cohan's greatest Broadway hits, "45 Minutes From Broadway," in which she introduced the song "Mary's a Grand Old Name.".
- Parents: John Templeton and Alice Vane, both actors.
- Is portrayed by Irene Manning in Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942)
- She was described as "The Toast of the Gay 90s".
- Eloped with the minstrel Billy West when she was 15 years old. They soon separated and were divorced 3 years later.
- Kept her marriage to Howell Osborne a secret because his family threatened to disinherit him if he ever married an actress.
- One of her co-stars in the original Broadway production of "Roberta" was Bob Hope.
- A great singer in the Victorian and Edwardian eras, some considered her singing superior to co-star Lillian Russell's. Templeton as far as is known never recorded for the gramophone in the acoustical or electrical recording periods. Thus her appeal can't be heard or appreciated by modern audiences.
- Remembered for the song "Rosy, You Are My Posey".
- She retired from the stage in 1905 only to come back in 1933 to create the role Aunt Minnie in the play "Roberta".
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