Salt Lake Tribune | 1909-02-21 | Page 7 | About Ann Murdock

j I : 1 4 I About Ann Murdock ' j-. j Ann Murdoch, who boars tho di?-Unction di?-Unction of being the youngest leading i . jH woman in America, aud who is act- BVBa ing iu this capacitv with Robert EJo- a BVBl son in "The Call of tho Xorth." J4 . achieved her present position twenty- ?. BBBV one days after making her debut 611 .' the stage. A short biographical sketch '('. BBBJ of this clever woman is herewith H given. 5 She was born in New York City in . BBBJ 1S00, and is the daughter of J. .T. 1 BVBV Coleman und Thereso Dcagle Coleman. (- B Her grandfather was George Deagle, H at one time u popular St. Louis thea- I B ter manager. Her mother was ono y H of tho best lcadinc women of her time, j' . jBBV and her father, who controls over forty BBBB thoators in the South, previous ; . BBBI to his joining the managerial ranks, r, 1 B was a prominent character comedian. . ,' BBB Miss Murdoch never expressed any de- M sire to go ou the stage, and her parents j BBBI never permitted any theatrical atmos- r. BBBI phere iu their hoino. Last summer whilo J , H living nt Port Washington. L. T.. where 1 . H her parents have a villa, Miss Murdock f H suddenly f mado up her mind that slid BBBI wished 'to go on tho stage. She called BBBI upon Mr. Henry B. Harris, secured au BBBI engagement, and was rob car sine for BBBI two day beforo her parents knew of , j BBVfl it. Sho rehearsed with "The Lion and BBVI the Mouse" compnny and played fivo . mBBVB performances, but was drafted from ; jBVBB this organization to Mr. Edcson's com- IflBBB bAb Mies Murdock has .achioved distinc- BBBJ tion as an athlete. Tn tho Man- H hnssot bay swimming contests for tho ' IflBBB past throe' years she has carried off all r. : BBBB tbo first prizes. She also excels at . BBBB tenuis and basketball. BBVB If she had not taken up the stage j . BBVB as her vocation she would have won BBVB proferment with her brutli. as sho i ' BVBVJ exceedingly clever both in oil and water ; BBBJ