her roles tended to be "women of the world", such as the title characters she played in pierre berton and charles simon's play "zaza", victorien sardou's "fédora" (1905), "sappho and phaon", and magda in hermann sudermann's "heimat". under the tutelage of harrison grey fiske, she gained in reputation, eventually going on to star in plays such as maeterlinck's "monna vanna".