- She was on the stage for over forty years, starting in her childhood as a singer.
- In later years she suffered from a strange malady called trigeminal neuralgia, also known as tic douloureux, a painful disorder of the trigeminal nerve, the fifth cranial nerve in the face. It is characterized by episodes of sudden, intense, "stabbing" or "shocklike" facial pain, where suddenly the face goes into spasms.
- Appeared with her husband Charles Middleton in vaudeville as "Middleton and Spellmeyer" (her real last name).
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