[3][4] Her older sister, Gladys Rankin, was also an entertainer with her husband Sidney Drew in an act billed Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew, and her younger half-sister, Doris Rankin, was a stage and screen actress and one-time wife of actor Lionel Barrymore.

In September 1890, Elizabeth Rankin filed a motion contesting her husband's resistance to providing support for their daughter.

[6] A house belonging to McKee Rankin at 40 Edgecombe Avenue, near 136th Street, burned in the early morning of April 1, 1891.

[11] In February 1897, Rankin was part of a bill at the Olympia Music Hall,[13] 1514–16 Broadway (Manhattan) (44th Street),[14] that included Auguste van Biene.

[19] In July Rankin performed with Lizzie Evans and George Thatcher at Keith's New Union Square Theatre,[21] near Broadway at 14th Street.

[23] At the Casino Theatre,[24] 1404 Broadway (West 39th Street),[25] Rankin played Fifi[26] Fricot[2] in The Belle of New York, which had a one-week booking in December 1897.

[2] After the death of his wife, Harry Davenport entered motion pictures and reached fame with his supporting role as Dr. Meade in Gone with the Wind.