Enid Burke, sometimes referred to by her childhood nickname, Nana, was born in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Her father died when she was young, and her mother, Marie Swing, remarried prominent businessman Wellington Hibbard, who adopted Enid and her older sister, Charlotte.
Enid went to New York to study at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, where she graduated in 1910.
[1] She also dreamed of becoming a professional aviator, and by the time she was 20, she was flying planes in St. Louis, where she worked as a saleswoman by day.
[7] Little is known about what became of Enid after 1929, although the 1940 census shows she remained employed as a story reader.