[4] In 1903 Van Studdiford opened the opera Maid Marian and later debuted The Red Feather which was specially written for her.

After touring with The Red Feather, Van Studdiford chose her next title part in the opera Lady Teazle which was not performed on Broadway but at several popular music halls throughout the country.

In October 1908 she was at New York's Broadway Theater as Ilma Walden in The Golden Butterfly and toured this opera into 1909.

In late 1910 she toured in A Bridal Trip before bringing it to Broadway's Herald Square Theater in January 1911 under the name The Paradise of Mahomet.

[5] In 1911 she appeared at the Winter Garden Theatre in La Belle Paree as Mimi and later toured in A Bridal Trip now renamed The Paradise of Mahomet.

Her last recorded performance in an opera or play is in the musical comedy A Trip to Chinatown as Mrs Guyer.