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Cornelia Otis Skinner was born in Chicago, Illinois. She was an American actress and writer. Her writing varied widely, and included comical essays about herself, in-depth studies of women from a wide range of social and economic backgrounds, memoirs, and biographies. She made her dramatic debut as Dona Sarasate in the stage adaptation of Blasco-Ibanez's Blood and Sand. Over the next five years Skinner established a reputation for her stage acting with roles in Will Shakespeare, Tweedles, The Wild Wescotts, In His Arms, and White Collars. In 1925, Skinner wrote her first play for her father titled Captain Fury, which was produced off-Broadway.