She became interested in theater while in high school, performing in local productions and was able to attend college due to her father's respectable income.

She died in 1957 after suffering a heart attack, with news of her death being initially withheld from her husband due to concerns about his own ill health.

[1] Her father, George E Crater, was a life insurance agent, while her mother Alice was a housewife, according to the 1880 United States census.

[3] One of her earliest professional roles was playing Princess Badroulbadour in the 1894 stage musical Aladdin Jr., where it was remarked that she sang and danced "with a delightful naivete".

[3] Around 1902, while in England, she took the part of the Salvation Army girl in a London version of the musical The Belle of New York, although upon her return to America, she had reportedly lost her voice and had to take a hiatus from the stage.

[3] Despite acting alongside Carter regularly in the production, Stone took little notice of her when backstage for the first few months, due to his focus on his performance and that he was already engaged to another actress from Chicago.

[12] Crater met her future husband Fred Stone while working professionally on the musical production of The Wizard of Oz,[4] which they performed together for around four years.