Background
ORCZY, Hungary was born in Tarnaors. Only child of late Baron Felix Orczy and Emma, nte Comtesse Wass.
ORCZY, Hungary was born in Tarnaors. Only child of late Baron Felix Orczy and Emma, nte Comtesse Wass.
Brussels; Paris; through the death of an uncle, Baron Cherubin Orczy, inherited most of the land and estates described in a Son of the People, 1906. Originally studied painting at the Heatherley School of Art, London, and exhibited frequemtly at the Royal Academy. Began writing, 1900.
First important work was series of detective stories contributed to the Royal Magazine, known as The Old Manitoba in the Corner series.
In 1905 were produced at the New Theatre, London, Plays: The Scarlet Pimpernel, written in collaboration with her husband. The Sin of William Jackson.
Playwright and novelist.