Mary Shakespeare Palmer, and the house was accordingly renamed Palmer's Farm. The house that had belonged to the Arden family – which was near to Palmer's Farm – had been acquired by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in 1968 for preservation as part of a farmyard, without knowing its true provenance. The house and farm are open as an historic museum displaying 16th century life. Mary Shakespeare Mary Shakespeare, née Arden, (c. 1537–1608) was the mother of William Shakespeare. She was the daughter of Wilmcote gentleman farmer Robert Arden, a cadet of the Arden family prominent in Warwickshire since before the Norman Conquest.
Mary Arden (actress) nine years in Latin America where she held marketing and managing positions for "Helena Rubinstein Cosmetics". When she returned to NYC, she began her own marketing and body language consulting practice, Arden Associates. Arden was also on the faculty of New York University, in the Department of Culture and Communication, where she taught business communication. Arden married A.A. Hansi in Rome in 1965. Arden died in Calvary Hospital in Brookyn, New York, on December 13, 2014 at the age of 81. Mary Arden (actress) Mary Dawne Arden (July 30, 1933 – December 13, 2014) was an American actress who worked