She was born Marie Norton on April 12,1903, in New York to Sheridan Nook Norton, an attorney, and Beulah Sanfield Einstein, who wed in 1901.
She was born Marie Norton on April 12,1903, in New York. Her parents were Sheridan Nook Norton, an attorney, and Beulah Sanfield Einstein (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Einstein and Rosanna Cullen), who wed in 1901.