Catherine Mary Dealy

She began her career as chorus girl and performer, such as in My Lady's Maid in 1906, before moving into work as a costume designer.^[1][2][4]

She took over as the costume designer for the Winter Garden Theatre in 1915.^[5] She was noted for her use of backless dresses, shorter skirts, and ostrich feathers.^[5][6] She designed costumes for the Broadway shows The Passing Show of 1915 and A World of Pleasure.^[1][2][6] A World of Pleasure was even put on a road tour after its Broadway debt.^[6]

She married Jacob J. Shubert in 1907 and thus joined the prominent Broadway theater family, the Shuberts, who owned the Winter Garden theatre.^[7][8] She divorced Jacob J. Shubert in 1917.^[9] They had one son together, John Jason Shubert, a producer and theater owner in his own right.^[10][2]