Stage actress. Forgotten today, she once ranked above the immortal
Lilly Langtree in popularity. Morris was the highest page stage actress
on Broadway during the 1870's-early 1890's. Her fee was a
then-astounding $500 per night but her acting career was blindsided by
back trouble. She left the legitimate stage for vaudeville, earning
$800 per week in the Keith Ortheum theatre chain. She ultimately quit
acting altogether and by 1905 became a successful writer.