[citation needed] Among his influential cousins were Military Reconstruction Judge James Johnston Thornton and Hon.

[1] Upon reaching adulthood, Edna and her mother moved to New York City, where both found work as chorus girls.

Edna Goodrich joined the cast of the Florodora musical, as one of the famed sextets, all of whom were extremely beautiful, 5'4", and 130 lbs.

First, the press linked Edna with millionaire James H. McMillan; however, as the marriage date was continuously postponed, rumors began to circulate of discord.

[5] Surprisingly, within short order, the wedding was called off - the press attributed this change to Mr. McMillan's mother who had refused her consent after hearing of Edna Goodrich's involvement in the divorce of Nat Goodwin from his third wife, Maxine Elliott.

[9] This began a two-year press and court battle over the terms of the prenuptial trust, with both Goodrich and Goodwin filing repeated suits against one another.

The official divorce was granted in New York, with the judge allowing Ms. Goodrich to once again use her maiden name and barring Mr. Goodwin from ever marrying in the state again.

[11][12] Her mother's cousin, Sir Henry Worth Thornton, was the highest ranking American-born officer in the British Army.

For the rest of the decade, Edna worked in theater and appeared in several movies of the Silent Screen, although she never captured the same degree of success as she enjoyed on stage.