Marie Cahill (December , â€" August , ) was a Broadway stage actress
and vocalist. Her parents were Irish immigrants Richard and Mary (née
Groegen) Cahill. She had an older brother named Richard. Both her
father and brother ran a brush making business.Cahill began her career
in the late s first in her native Brooklyn and then on Broadway. In
in the show Sally in Our Alley she introduced the song "Under the
Bamboo Tree", which became her signature song and one of the most
famous songs from the turn of the century. Also in in the musical The
Wild Rose she premiered another hit song, "Nancy Brown". In the
popularity of "Nancy Brown" was expanded into its own musical for
Cahill, and became her favorite role. She had a plump and jolly
demeanor, and in addition to being a singer she presented herself as a
conversationalist in a style that at best anticipates the later Gracie
Allen. Daniel Blum in Great Stars of the American Theatre c. relates
that Cahill was a very proper woman who didn't tolerate naughty
behavior or salaciousness. However, in contrast she could don a pair
of tights in a musical and exude sex appeal. In appearance she
resembled rival Della Fox.Cahill recorded her voice and routines at
several gramophone recording sessions in the years to all in the
acoustical recording method. She also had recorded her signature song
"Under the Bamboo Tree" in . In Cahill appeared in her first silent
film, Judy Forgot, based on her musical comedy of the same name
performed on Broadway in . In she appeared in three more silent
films; Gladys' Day Dreams, When Betty Bets and Patsy's Partner before
giving up on the medium.Several of Cahill's voice recordings
(monologues), made between and , are on file at the Library of
Congress' National Jukebox. They include "Washing baby" (), "The
symphony concert" () and "At the theatre" (). "At the theatre" takes
the form of a telephone conversation with an unheard party in which
Cahill, as "Mrs. Pinthrop," describes goings-onâ€"including the
appearance of Marie Cahill ("Irish, I guess... well, maybe she is
Jewish")â€"at the Palace Theatre.
and vocalist. Her parents were Irish immigrants Richard and Mary (née
Groegen) Cahill. She had an older brother named Richard. Both her
father and brother ran a brush making business.Cahill began her career
in the late s first in her native Brooklyn and then on Broadway. In
in the show Sally in Our Alley she introduced the song "Under the
Bamboo Tree", which became her signature song and one of the most
famous songs from the turn of the century. Also in in the musical The
Wild Rose she premiered another hit song, "Nancy Brown". In the
popularity of "Nancy Brown" was expanded into its own musical for
Cahill, and became her favorite role. She had a plump and jolly
demeanor, and in addition to being a singer she presented herself as a
conversationalist in a style that at best anticipates the later Gracie
Allen. Daniel Blum in Great Stars of the American Theatre c. relates
that Cahill was a very proper woman who didn't tolerate naughty
behavior or salaciousness. However, in contrast she could don a pair
of tights in a musical and exude sex appeal. In appearance she
resembled rival Della Fox.Cahill recorded her voice and routines at
several gramophone recording sessions in the years to all in the
acoustical recording method. She also had recorded her signature song
"Under the Bamboo Tree" in . In Cahill appeared in her first silent
film, Judy Forgot, based on her musical comedy of the same name
performed on Broadway in . In she appeared in three more silent
films; Gladys' Day Dreams, When Betty Bets and Patsy's Partner before
giving up on the medium.Several of Cahill's voice recordings
(monologues), made between and , are on file at the Library of
Congress' National Jukebox. They include "Washing baby" (), "The
symphony concert" () and "At the theatre" (). "At the theatre" takes
the form of a telephone conversation with an unheard party in which
Cahill, as "Mrs. Pinthrop," describes goings-onâ€"including the
appearance of Marie Cahill ("Irish, I guess... well, maybe she is
Jewish")â€"at the Palace Theatre.
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