Mary Wolf Wilkinson Streep was an American fine-artist and art editors
Background
Born Mary Wolf Wilkinson in Brooklyn, New York, the daughter of Mary Agnes (née Wolf. 1886-1976) and Harry Rockefellow Wilkinson. She grew up in Madison, New Jersey, graduating from Madison High School, she then studied Fine art at the Art Students League in New New York
Education
Art Students League of New New York
Career
She was also the mother of actress Meryl Streep. Streep trained as a fine artist and became the art-editor for Home Furnishings Magazine and also did commercial artwork on an freelance basis. Mary had an art studio in the back of her home.
She is also the grandmother of Streep"s daughters, actresses Grace Gummer and Mamie Gummer.
Her daughter"s husband, Don Gummer is also an artist, a sculptor. Her daughter Meryl Streep has often stated in interviews that her mother has been the inspiration for some her characters she has played on the screen.
Streep died at Cornell Medical Center from complications of heart disease after a short illness. Her husband died two years later on July 22, 2003, aged 92.
They were residents of Mason"s Island, Connecticut.