BOOTH, Margery Print American pianist (1927-2015)

American pianist (1927-2015)

celebrated in a wide repertoire of dramatic mezzo roles

and Russian bass (b

Rene Maisson

Fine color photograph signed by the three artists shown in the film "Broadcast News" (1987)

BOOTH, Margery Print American pianist (1927-2015)Margery Myers Booth (1906 1952) was a British mezzo soprano who emigrated to Germany during WWII and became a spy. Arrested by the Gestapo in 1944 and tortured, she was later released by the liberating army. Not being recognized for what she did after her return to London, Myers Booth emigrated to New York where she died of breast cancer in 1952, at age 46. Rare signed postcard photograph, shown as Dryade in Richard Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos dated