Background
She was born on September 20, 1887 in Lakeview, Oregon as Esther Ellen Cobb to Benjamin M. Cobb and Della Holmes (1861—1943).
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Cobina Wright
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Career
She gained later fame as a hostess and a syndicated gossip columnist. Wright was also known as Esther Cobb, Esther Johnson, and Esther Cobina. Her second husband was William May Wright, a stockbroker, by whom she had one child, a daughter, Cobina Carolyn Wright (aka Cobina Wright Junior), (1921—2011), briefly a movie actress. the Wrights were divorced in 1935.
In the early part of the 20th century, she was a coloratura soprano, using the stage name Esther Cobina.
During World War I, she performed for French and American troops in Europe. She later made her American opera debut at Carnegie Hall in 1924.
She died in Los Angeles, California in 1970. Wright was the author of a memoir called I Never Grew Up (Prentice-Hall, 1952).
