Margaret Ruth Draper (November 20, 1916 â€" October 14, 2011) was an
American actress and international service worker.Draper was born in
1916, the third of six children born to Delbert Morley Draper and
Frances Mary Rogers. Shortly after her birth her family relocated to
Salt Lake City where she lived until 1934.She performed in her first
play when she was four, when the University of Utah drama department
came to Stewart School to find two children â€" Draper and her brother
Courtney - to appear in The Hour Glass. Draper attended East High
School in Salt Lake City, where she pursued her chosen passion in
dramatic, dancing and musical productions. Due to shortened school
years and the Great Depression, She entered the University of Utah at
age 15.[citation needed] However, due to poor grades, she was sent by
her parents to business college for a year, where she learned skills
that helped her earn a living when she was later to arrive in New
York. She was readmitted to the University the following year, and
majored in dramatics, graduating with a respectable average.[citation
needed] A 1940 newspaper article noted that she "is pleasantly
remembered for her performances in Theta Alpha Phi productions" at the
university.The summer she graduated from university, she was invited
to accompany a friend and his sister to New York City in their Ford
coupe; despite her older sister’s impending wedding, she accepted
without hesitation, realizing this would be her only chance to pursue
a career in the theatre. She departed the following day with a single
bag and $38.50 in her purse. Alone in New York, she found a small room
in Tudor City, and realized that she soon must find employment, which
she secured in G. Schirmer's music store.[citation needed]
American actress and international service worker.Draper was born in
1916, the third of six children born to Delbert Morley Draper and
Frances Mary Rogers. Shortly after her birth her family relocated to
Salt Lake City where she lived until 1934.She performed in her first
play when she was four, when the University of Utah drama department
came to Stewart School to find two children â€" Draper and her brother
Courtney - to appear in The Hour Glass. Draper attended East High
School in Salt Lake City, where she pursued her chosen passion in
dramatic, dancing and musical productions. Due to shortened school
years and the Great Depression, She entered the University of Utah at
age 15.[citation needed] However, due to poor grades, she was sent by
her parents to business college for a year, where she learned skills
that helped her earn a living when she was later to arrive in New
York. She was readmitted to the University the following year, and
majored in dramatics, graduating with a respectable average.[citation
needed] A 1940 newspaper article noted that she "is pleasantly
remembered for her performances in Theta Alpha Phi productions" at the
university.The summer she graduated from university, she was invited
to accompany a friend and his sister to New York City in their Ford
coupe; despite her older sister’s impending wedding, she accepted
without hesitation, realizing this would be her only chance to pursue
a career in the theatre. She departed the following day with a single
bag and $38.50 in her purse. Alone in New York, she found a small room
in Tudor City, and realized that she soon must find employment, which
she secured in G. Schirmer's music store.[citation needed]
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