Gertrude Berkeley

She appeared with some regularity on Broadway from 1906 through 1917; performing in plays by Louis K. Anspacher, J. M. Barrie, Rachel Crothers, and Henrik Ibsen.

As a stage actress she is best remembered for creating the role of Mrs. March in the original Broadway and national touring productions of Marian de Forest's Little Women; a play adapted from the novel by Louisa May Alcott.

[3] Berkeley made her professional stage debut at the age of 17 in Potsdam, New York portraying a much older woman; Mrs. Cregan in Dion Boucicault's The Colleen Bawn.

[4] Four years later the couple gave birth to a son, the film director and musical choreographer Busby Berkeley, on November 29, 1895.

[5] In 1906 Berkely made her Broadway debut at Wallack's Theatre as Mrs. Goodwin in Louis K. Anspacher's The Embarrassment of Riches; a play headlined by actors Charlotte Walker and Bruce McRae.