Career
She cast herself as Myrtle and her real-life daughter, Donna Damerel, as Marge. Myrt was the elder, experienced chorus girl taking the young, inexperienced, and innocent Marge under her wing. The sponsor, Wrigley liked the idea and Myrt and Marge debuted in 1932.
Tragedy twice affected the Myrtle directly.
Myrt and Marge continued until 1946. Vail apparently never remarried after her husband"s death in 1936.
She appeared on television"s This Is Your Life in 1960. She can be heard in her radio heyday today thanks to the survival of approximately fifty episodes of Myrt and Marge.
Vail was a longtime resident of Haworth, New Jersey, but died in Kansas City, Missouri in 1978, aged 90. family
Vail also had a son, George Damerel, who acted on radio, as well as two grandsons.
Myrt and Marge, "Myrt Has Her First Fitting", otrrlibrary.org, April 3, 1946.
