[2] George starred as Esther in the hugely successful 1899 Broadway adaptation of Ben Hur from Lew Wallace's novel.

In 1935, she gave an acclaimed performance as Mary Herries in Edward Chodorov's thriller, Kind Lady, at the Booth Theatre.

[5] George died on May 19, 1961, aged 81, in New York City, having outlived both her son and her stepdaughter.

Her own son, William A. Brady Jr., was born in 1900 and died on September 26, 1935, in Colts Neck, New Jersey.

[citation needed] Grace George's niece, Maude George, was a silent film character actor who appeared in a number of Erich von Stroheim films.