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Women vaudeville stars : eighty biographical profiles / Armond Fields.
Van Pelt Library PN1968.U5 F54 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fields, Armond, 1930-2008.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Vaudeville--United States--History--19th century.
- Vaudeville.
- Vaudeville--United States--History--20th century.
- Women entertainers--United States--Biography.
- Women entertainers.
- History.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 271 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, [2006]
- Summary:
- "This book tells the stories of 80 women who were among the top vaudeville acts in the late 19th and early 20th century. The author summarizes the history of women in the performance industry and traces the lifespan of vaudeville. Biographies of the performers appear in order of the date they entered vaudeville"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Women in Vaudeville 1
- Part 1 The Singers
- Maggie Cline 13
- Lottie Gilson 16
- Eva Tanguay 18
- Anna Held 22
- Stella Mayhew 25
- Bonnie Thornton 28
- Vesta Victoria 30
- Ada Reeve 33
- Emma Carus 35
- Blanche Ring 38
- Grace La Rue 42
- Yvette Guilbert 45
- Nora Bayes 47
- Marion Bent 51
- Ethel Levey 53
- Louise Dresser 56
- Blossom Seeley 59
- Aileen Stanley 63
- Texas Guinan 65
- Lillian Russell 69
- Florence Mills 73
- Rae Samuels 77
- Alice Lloyd 80
- Bessie Wynn 82
- Ruth Roye 85
- Sophie Tucker 87
- Belle Baker 92
- Olga Petrova 95
- Ethel Waters 98
- Frederike "Fritzi" Scheff 102
- Irene Bordoni 105
- Isabelle Patricola 109
- Adelaide Hall 110
- Ruth Etting 114
- Part 2 The Singer-Comediennes
- Irene Franklin 118
- Fay Templeton 121
- Marie Dressler 125
- Ina Claire 130
- Trixie Friganza 132
- Mae West 136
- Molly Picon 140
- Marie Cahill 142
- Part 3 The Comediennes
- May Irwin 147
- Cissie Loftus 151
- Kate Elinore 154
- Elsie Janis 157
- Florence Moore 162
- Nan Halperin 164
- Fanny Brice 168
- Winnie Lightner 172
- Part 4 The Dancers
- La Carmencita 176
- Bessie Clayton 177
- Ruth St. Denis 181
- Bessie McCoy 186
- Gertrude Hoffman 189
- Florence Walton 192
- Gertrude Vanderbilt 195
- Adele Astaire 199
- Mlle. Dazie 202
- Charlotte Greenwood 204
- Janette Hackett 208
- Irene Castle 210
- Part 5 The Sister Acts
- The Cherry Sisters 214
- The Dolly Sisters 216
- The Duncan Sisters 220
- The Hilton Sisters 224
- Part 6 The Actresses
- Valeska Suratt 226
- Fannie Ward 229
- Mrs. Patrick Campbell 231
- Ethel Barrymore 233
- Sarah Bernhardt 235
- Fifi D'Orsay 237
- Part 7 The Male Impersonators
- Vesta Tilley 240
- Ella Shields 242
- Kitty Doner 244
- Part 8 The Novelty Acts
- Anna Eva Fay 247
- Carrie Nation 249
- Annette Kellerman 251
- Evelyn Nesbit 254
- Helen Keller 257
- Part 9 Headliners' Heritage 259.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-267) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0786425830
- OCLC:
- 64336045
- Publisher Number:
- 9780786425839
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