[2] In 1887, she was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to parents Albert H. Sackett (also a Broadway actor) and Jeanette Elvira Sanderson.

[3] She was first managed within the family circle as a child and teenaged actor, with assistance from her Broadway-experienced father and her mother.

[11] Crumit and Sanderson wed in 1928, and they retired briefly to Dunrovin, their country home at Longmeadow a suburb of Springfield.

Their final broadcast was aired the day before Crumit's death of a heart attack in New York City on September 7, 1943.

[9] After Crumit's death, Sanderson retired from the stage, and returned to live in Springfield, Massachusetts at her estate.

[1] The Julia Sanderson Theater was named after her in Springfield and is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.