Emelie Melville

She was born in Philadelphia and first appeared on stage at the age of 10 in several juvenile parts.

At age 16 she played Ophelia to John Wilkes Booth's Hamlet.

[2] She was the first in America to play the title role in The Grand Duchess, in San Francisco.

Around 1930 she had a small part in Margaret Anglin's revival of A Woman of No Importance, which was greatly appreciated by the audience.

[1] Returning to San Francisco a few months before her death in 1932, she told an interviewer: "I've had a long life with much in it.