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She was born Anna Christine Norman in December 1885 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her parents, Andrew and Minnie Norman, divorced when she was a teenager. Christine blamed her mother for the divorce and they became estranged. She studied acting in New York City and took voice lessons in Paris, France. While living in Paris she was briefly engaged to Count de Toulous. In 1909 she made her Broadway debut in An International Marriage. Over the next decade she appeared in numerous hit shows including Peg O’ My Heart, Upstairs And Down, and The Crowded Hour. Christine became a popular stage star and was considered one of the most beautiful women in America. Artist Neysa McMein painted her portrait and she was awarded the David Belasco Medal of excellence. On June 30, 1919 she married Enos Booth, a prominent lawyer. After appearing in the 1924 Broadway play Great Music she decided to quit acting.
When she discovered her husband was having an affair in 1925 she filed for divorce. Enos contested the divorce and they would spend years fighting each other in court. She wrote several screenplays but was unable to get any of them produced. Christine was devastated when her father died in 1927. After her beloved dog Yo-San passed away she fell into a deep depression. Tragically on March 6, 1930 she committed suicide by jumping out of a twenty story hotel window. She was only forty-four years old. Christine was buried next to her father in Spring Grove Cemetery in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her estate was valued at $150,000 and in her will she left her estranged mother Minnie nothing. She did leave $500 for the perpetual care of her dog’s grave. Minnie sued the estate but was unsuccessful in getting any money. Sadly in 1934 she also committed suicide by jumping out a window.
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