Myrtle Vail (January 7, 1888 â€" September 18, 1978), sometimes
credited as Myrtle Damerel, was an American vaudevillian, and radio
and film actress and writer. She was a radio fixture from 1932 to 1946
thanks to the popular soap opera Myrt and Marge, playing the elder
half of the title as well as having created and written the show.When
Vail was 15, she left her home to become an entertainer. After she
married and had two children, the family had its own act, traveling
from one locality to another to perform during the 1910s and 1920s.
When their investments were lost in the 1929 economic crash, she
turned her attention to radio.Vail thought of the show while living in
the Chicago area, after having spent several years as a vaudeville
performer (often with her husband, George Damerel), basing it largely
on her own experiences. She cast herself as Myrtle and her real-life
daughter, Donna Damerel Fick, as Marge.Myrt was the elder, experienced
chorus girl taking the young, inexperienced, and innocent Marge under
her wing. The sponsor, Wrigley liked the idea and Myrt and Marge
debuted in 1932. Myrtle Vail Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter