Kate McComb (â€") was an American radio and stage actress who
performed on Broadway. She also played the piano and sang. Originally
not wanting to act professionally, McComb began her professional
career at age . The Kate McComb Playhouse in Great Barrington,
Massachusetts, was dedicated in her honor.McComb was born in
Sacramento, California, in . As a child, she attended boarding school
and played the piano, until she contracted pneumonia at age . Due to
her pneumonia, her doctor advised that she not become a concert
pianist and should sing instead.She later married John Rector McComb
(â€"), and when he contracted cerebral meningitis, they relocated from
New York City to Barrington, Massachusetts, in hopes that it would
help him recover. In her amateur career, McComb organized a dramatic
production in June for the local Visiting Nurse Association. In May ,
she performed in Petticoat Perfidy in Albany, New York. McComb was a
soloist at Great Barrington's Episcopal Church and the choir director
at its Congregational Church in .In , McComb sang and played piano on
WJZ radio in New York City.
performed on Broadway. She also played the piano and sang. Originally
not wanting to act professionally, McComb began her professional
career at age . The Kate McComb Playhouse in Great Barrington,
Massachusetts, was dedicated in her honor.McComb was born in
Sacramento, California, in . As a child, she attended boarding school
and played the piano, until she contracted pneumonia at age . Due to
her pneumonia, her doctor advised that she not become a concert
pianist and should sing instead.She later married John Rector McComb
(â€"), and when he contracted cerebral meningitis, they relocated from
New York City to Barrington, Massachusetts, in hopes that it would
help him recover. In her amateur career, McComb organized a dramatic
production in June for the local Visiting Nurse Association. In May ,
she performed in Petticoat Perfidy in Albany, New York. McComb was a
soloist at Great Barrington's Episcopal Church and the choir director
at its Congregational Church in .In , McComb sang and played piano on
WJZ radio in New York City.
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