Background
Cox was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, attended South Division High School in Chicago, and went to Vassar College.
Cox was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, attended South Division High School in Chicago, and went to Vassar College.
Vassar College.
Vaudeville performer Mabel Hite encouraged her stage aspirations, and Cox first appeared on stage in Peoria, Illinois in 1903. She debuted in New York at Tony Pastor"s Theatre on October 25, 1903. She became a headliner in vaudeville, with one popular sketch portraying an athletic girl at a baseball game, and which was made into an audio recording by Edison.
She was often billed as the "Southern girl" or "girl from Dixie".
Her play roles including the part of Signora Monti in the popular 1914 play Twin Bedfordshire. She also appeared in Lew Fields"s The Never Homes (1911), and The Charity Girl (1912).