Maggie Oliver (actor)

Maggie Oliver was an Australian actress, comedian and burlesque performer.
Oliver was born on 14 December 1844 in Sydney, to Catherine and Michael Walsh, a blacksmith.
In 1862 she joined the Redfern Dramatic Society in Sydney, taking on Irish comic parts, as well as female and male roles. Her comedic roles were a favourite of audiences. Her favourite part was reportedly that of Paddy Miles in The Limerick Boy.
She performed regularly as a touring actor at the Theatre Royal Adelphi Sydney, Royal Victoria Theatre, Princess Theatres of Forbes and Grenfell, and was acclaimed an Australian success as Arrah in Arrah Na Pogue.
According to the Evening News Supplement, she was the most popular Australian actress of her time, saying:
She married John King in 1869, and divorced him in 1877.
Oliver died on 21 May 1892 at the age of 47, and was buried in Waverley Cemetery in Sydney.