In 1905, Lucille and Ethel began performing in vaudeville in Detroit. One production noted in the Detroit Free Press was the "Isles of Spice". She's mentioned as a player in the vaudeville giant, Vaughan Glaser Company in 1907. Around 1909 she made her way to New York, her early film work there being with The Thanhouser Company. Her first film roles were in 1910, appearing opposite
George Larkin in ''An Indian's Gratitude
, and in The Vicar of Wakefield'' alongside
Martin Faust and
Anna Rosemond. From 1910 to the end of 1914 Young appeared in thirty six films, most of which were
short films. She appeared in another eighteen films in 1915, which would be her biggest year. From 1916 to 1930 Young appeared in twenty four films, including
The Daredevil alongside
Tom Mix and
Eva Novak, and opposite Marceau Moore in
The Invisible Enemy. All but two of her film appearances during that period would be by 1920, with a five-year gap between 1920 and 1925 before she would have another film role, then a gap of five years until her final role in 1930. She died following an unsuccessful surgery on August 2, 1934, in Los Angeles. ==Personal life==