Virginia Edmunda Hammer
Virginia "Verge" Edmunda Hammer (1873–1946) was an American entertainer who performed as a magician's assistant, a magician, a "mind reader" and an "illusionary dancer". Her stage names included Electra the Magic Wonder, Mademoiselle Edmunda and Madame Edmunda. Performances with Oscar Eliason Virginia ‘Verge’ Edmunda Hammer was born in 1873 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Her parents, Paul Edmund Balthazar Hammer (1838–1929) and Julia Marie Funk (1839–1947), had migrated to the US as Mormon pioneers from Denmark in 1861. Edmunda's father worked as a portrait painter and decorative artist, and was also a Mormon missionary. An early exposure to a stage career came through her elder brother, Paul Hammer junior (1869–1947), who worked at the Salt Lake City Theater from around the time she was born until its closure in 1928. Both Edmunda and her first future husband, Oscar Eliason, would end up performing at the theatre, at a time when they were under Paul Hammer's management. ...
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