Actress/Singer/Mimic/Songwriter (b: 1876) - Burlesque, Vaudeville, Stage & Film. Nicknamed 'The Sarah Bernhardt of the Halls'. Stage - Hamlet (1903), A Doll's House (1905), Dream City (1906), Othello (1914). Films - The Blue Bird, The Black Cat
Called US Agatha Christie, Source of phrase 'The butler did it' & invented the 'Had-I-But-Known' school of mystery writing. Created costumed supercriminal called 'the Bat', who was cited by Bob Kane as one of the inspirations for his 'Batman.'