She resolved to pursue acting at the age of 16. Condon graduated from
Hunter College before becoming an
understudy in the
John Drew Jr. company for several seasons. Her ambition was to excel in high comedy. Her first appearance was in
Columbia, South Carolina in
A Single Man. She portrayed a villainess in a Thais Lawton role. Condon acted in
Too Many Cooks at the 39th Street Theater in February 1914. This was her favorite theatrical production. Written by
Frank Craven, the comedy featured its author in the part of the home builder. The following October she was in
The Moneymakers at the
Booth Theatre on Broadway. The play was written by
Charles Klein who was once in the
British Army and helped protect
Westminster Abbey. In 1930–31 Condon played the role of Mrs. Amos Evans in the touring production of
Strange Interlude, a nine-act,
Pulitzer Prize winning play by
Eugene O'Neill. At the American Theater in
St. Louis, Missouri Condon was with a
troupe that performed ''
You Can't Take It with You in November 1938. She had the role of Penny'', the playwriting mother. Clarence Oliver headed a cast which was replete with some of Broadway's best actors. In 1947 she appeared as a nun in an orphanage opposite
Victor Mature in
Henry Hathaway's
Kiss of Death (1947). She appeared with
Katharine Cornell and
Tyrone Power in
The Dark Is Light Enough in 1955. In vaudeville Condon paired with
Florence Nash. In motion pictures she performed with
Madge Kennedy. ==Select theatre credits==