Biography

Actress, songwriter ("I Know That You Know"), singer, librettist and author, educated in public schools. She began her career as a singer with the Juvenile Opera Company, and later wrote the Broadway stage scores for "The Canary" and "The City Chap"; and she was librettist for "Pom-Pom", "She's a Good Fellow", "The Night Boat", "The Sweetheart Shop", and "Good Morning Dearie", and the co-librettist for "Chin Chin", "Jack o' Lantern", "Tip Top", "Hitchy Koo of 1921", "The Bunch and Judy", "Stepping Stones", "Criss Cross", "Oh, Please!", and "Three Cheers". She was also the librettist for "Take The Air", and the co-librettist for "Top o' the World" and "The Lady of the Slipper". Joining ASCAP as a charter member in 1914, she collaborated musically with Jerome Kern, Vincent Youmans, Hugo Felix, and Raymond Hubbell. Her popular song compositions also include "Temple Bells", "In the Dark", "Wait Till the Cows Come Home", "Come and Have a Swing With Me", "The Bullfrog Patrol", "Whose Baby Are You?", "Left All Alone Again Blues", "Didn't You Believe?", "Blue Danube Blues", "Easy Pickin's", "Ka-lu-a", "Once in a Blue Moon", "Raggedy Ann", "Cinderella Girl", and "Like She Loves Me".
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Inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1970.