Cline, Maggie

Maggie Cline Performer Haverhill, Massachusetts, January 1, 1857; Fair Haven, New Jersey, June 11, 1934. Cline worked in a shoe factory from the age of twelve, and was determined to escape to a life of performing. She began her career in 1879 as the first female comic Irish singer. Her biggest hit was her 1890 “Throw Him Down, McCloskey.” She had met the composer, John W. Kelley, known as vaudeville ’s “Rolling Mill Man,” and asked him if he had any loose songs on him. He told her he had one…