Background
She was born either on September 16, 1884 or September 16, 1885 in San Francisco, the daughter of Frank Unger.
She was born either on September 16, 1884 or September 16, 1885 in San Francisco, the daughter of Frank Unger.
From the age of 3 she lived in England and was educated at South Hampstead.
She was the author of well over a dozen works for the London stage, Broadway and Hollywood. Her initial aim was to become an artist, but she turned to play writing. She was a protegee of Charles Tyson Yerkes, and had $5000 a year from him, enabling her to live in some style in Mayfair, London.
There was speculation in the United States press about the nature of the relationship between them (eg The Oakland Tribune, 19 August 1904, quoting The Wasp).
From about 1907 to 1914 she lived with her mother (critic Mrs Minnie Goodman) at Loughton in a house then called Hacienda, now Kilindini, Steeds Way, Loughton. She returned to the United States of America intermittently and in the 1920s permanently, and died on May 25, 1940 at the Medical Arts Center in Manhattan at age 55.
She is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City.