Ray Cox (performer)

Ray Cox (September 18, 1881 - November 7, 1957) was an early 20th century American actress and vaudeville performer.

Cox was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, attended South Division High School in Chicago, and went to Vassar College.

[1] She debuted in New York at Tony Pastor's Theatre on October 25, 1903.

She became a headliner in vaudeville,[2][3][4][5] with one popular sketch portraying an athletic girl at a baseball game, and which was made into an audio recording by Edison.

[11][12] Thereafter known as Ray Cox Flint, she died in Providence, Rhode Island on November 7, 1957, and was buried at Swan Point Cemetery.

Cox performing a baseball skit, circa 1909
Madge Kennedy (left) and Cox in 1914 play, Twin Beds