Born: Circa 1857, New Zealand
Died: 20 October 1917
Country most active: Australia
Also known as: Margaret Harkness
This biography is republished from The Dictionary of Australasian Biography: Comprising notices of eminent colonists from the inauguration of responsible government down to the present time. [1855-1892] by Phillip Mennell, F.R.G.S., published by Hutchinson & Co., 25 Paternoster Square and 1892. The text was reproduced via Project Gutenberg.
Knight, Maggie, the popular colonial actress, was born in Auckland, N.Z., where her father, Mr. James Knight, managed the theatre. Migrating to Melbourne, Miss Knight soon took up a foremost position, and in Sydney, Adelaide, and Brisbane gave proofs that she is to be fairly ranked among the most useful and versatile of colonial stock actresses. She married Mr. H. R. Jewett, an actor, in 1885, in Tasmania. She travelled through the United States, and visited England, where she took Miss Kate Rorke’s part in Held by the Enemy, supporting Mr. Charles Warner at the Grand Theatre. Returning to Australia, Miss Knight has since been “leading lady” in Mr. Bland Holt’s company.