death_date death_place birth_place name birth_date spouse yearsactive image article_title birth_name occupation
august 23 , 1933 -lrb- aged 66 -rrb- new york city , new york brooklyn , new york mary `` marie '' cahill december , 1866 daniel death -rrb- v. arthur -lrb- 1903 -- 1933 ; her 1888-1933 marie cahill 001.jpg marie cahill
 mary cahill actress/vocalist
marie cahill

marie cahill -lrb- december , 1866 -- august 23 , 1933 -rrb- was a broadway stage actress and vocalist .
her parents were irish immigrants richard and mary -lrb- née groegen -rrb- cahill .
she had an older brother named richard .
both her father and brother ran a brush making business .
marie began her career in the late 1880s first in her native brooklyn and then on broadway .
in 1902 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 1902 in the musical `` the wild rose '' she premiered another hit song `` nancy brown '' .
in 1903 the popularity of the nancy brown song 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. 1952 relates that cahill was a very proper woman who did n'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 .
