Ivah Wills Coburn
Ivah Myrtle Coburn was an American actress and Broadway producer.
Early life and education
Coburn was born on August 19, 1878, in Appleton City, Missouri, to George Browning Wills and Anna Kunz Wills. She was raised in Brookston, Indiana. She studied drama at the Chicago Musical College.Career
Coburn began her acting career in touring companies run by E. H. Sothern and Amelia Bingham. Ivah Wills Coburn's Broadway performing and producing credits included The Yellow Jacket, The Imaginary Invalid, The Better 'Ole, Three Showers, French Leave, The Bronx Express, The Farmer's Wife, The Right Age to Marry, The Yellow Jacket, Falstaff, The Plutocrat, and Troilus and Cressida.Coburn and her husband had a touring repertory company that presented Shakespeare, French and Greek dramas and comedies at college campuses throughout the United States. They directed the Mohawk Drama Festival in Schenectady, New York in 1935 and 1936.