Early Life and Career
Born Virginia Earl on the sixth of August, 1873 at Cincinnati, Ohio, she was the daughter of Irish immigrants Sara and Nathan Wheeler Earl. Earle’s family later moved to Chicago where her father found employment as a machinist. Her mother and father were both said to have done some theater work as did her younger brother, Wheeler Earl, who performed for a number of years on stage before becoming a salesman for the Hupp Motor Company.
Earle made her stage debut in 1887 playing Nanki-Poo in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado with the Home Juvenile Opera Company. During her time with the Home Juvenile Opera she also played principle roles in The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore and Patience.
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