Baroness Emma Orczy (full name: Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci) (; 23 September 1865 – 12 November 1947), usually known as Baroness Orczy (the name under which she was published) or to her family and friends as Emmuska Orczy, was a Hungarian-born British novelist and playwright. She is best known for her series of novels featuring the Scarlet Pimpernel, the alter ego of Sir Percy Blakeney, a wealthy English fop who turns into a quick-thinking escape artist in order to save French aristocrats from "Madame Guillotine" during the French Revolution, establishing the "hero with a secret identity" in popular culture.Opening in London's West End on 5 January 1905, The Scarlet Pimpernel became a favourite of British audiences. Some of Orczy's paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy in London. During World War I, she formed the Women of England's Active Service League, an unofficial organisation aimed at encouraging women to persuade men to volunteer for active service in the armed forces.
Emma Orczy
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Emmuska Barstow, Baronesse Orczy, Montagu Mrs Barstow, and 55 others
Orchi, Emmuska Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Emmuska Orczy Orczy, Baroness Barstow, אמוסקה, אורצ'י, d', Orczy, Montague Mrs Barstow, Emmuska Baroness Orczy, エマ・マグダレーナ・ロザリア・マリア・ジョセファ・バーバラ オルツィ, オークシ, Ėmma Barstou, إيما أوركزي،, Baronowa Orczy, Baronka Orczyová, B. Orczyová, オルツィ, Baroness Orczy, Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orczi, Emmuska Barstow-Orczy, Emma M. Orczy, バロネス オルツィ, Barstow, Эмма Орци, Emma Magdolna Rozália Mária Jozefa Borbála Orczy de Orci, Оржи, Орси, ..., Orsy, Orczy, אמוסקה אורצ'י, Baronne Orczy, Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maris Josefa Barbara Orczy, Emmuska, Orczy, Montagu Barstow, Emmuska M. Barstow, Emmuska Montagu Barstow, baronne Orczy, Em Orczyová, Br. Orczy, Emma Orczy, Emma baronesse Orczy, Orczy Emma, Эмма Барстоу, オルツィ夫人, 艾瑪·奧希茲, Emma Magdolna Rozalia Maria Jozefa Borbala Orczy De Orczi, バロネス・オルツィ, Bnessa Orči, Орчи, Emma Magdalena Rosalia Maria Josefa Barbara Orczy, Барстоу, Orzhi, Emmuska Montague Barstow, Орци, Baronessa, Orzhi - Born:
- Sept. 23, 1865
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- Nov. 12, 1947