Editing Frances Goodrich (section)

==Early life==
Goodrich was born in Belleville, New Jersey, the second daughter of five children,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Myers |first=Victoria |date=2016-03-14 |title=7 Women of Theatre History You Should Know |url=https://www.theintervalny.com/features/2016/03/7-women-of-theatre-history-you-should-know/ |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=The Interval |language=en-US}}</ref> of Madeleine Christy (née Lloyd) and Henry Wickes Goodrich. The family moved to nearby Nutley, New Jersey when Goodrich was two. She attended [[Collegiate School (New Jersey)|Collegiate School]] in Passaic, New Jersey, and graduated from [[Vassar College]] in 1912, and attended the [[New York School of Social Work]] from 1912 to 1913, but left to become an actress in Henry Miller's productions. In 1924 she appeared in George Kelly's play, ''The Show Off''.<ref name=":0">{{Citation |last=Fischer |first=Heinz-Dietrich |title=Introduction. History and Development of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama/Comedy |date=1998-12-31 |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/9783110955781.xix |work=Part D: Belles-Lettres, Volume 12, Drama / Comedy Awards 1917-1996 |pages=xix-lxxxiv |access-date=2023-04-07 |publisher=DE GRUYTER SAUR|doi=10.1515/9783110955781.xix |isbn=978-3-598-30182-7 |url-access=subscription }}</ref>