Women vaudeville stars : eighty biographical profiles / Armond Fields
- Bib ID:
- 3698254
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Fields, Armond, 1930-
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- Description:
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- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., c2006
- viii, 271 p. : ill., ports. ; 27 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0786425830
- Summary:
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"This book tells the stories of 80 who were among the top vaudeville acts in the late 19th century and early 20th century, when entertainment was often live variety shows in theaters across the country. Singers, singer-comediennes, comediennes, dancers, sister acts, actresses, male impersonators and novelty acts are covered as separate categories. Biographies of the performers in each category appear in order of the date they entered vaudeville, an arrangement that allows the reader to trace the history of vaudeville itself. A final section concentrates on the headliners heritage, taking a broad look at the group according to ethnic background, socioeconomic background, family life, and other factors, including what happened to them after vaudeville died."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Acknowledgments v
- Introduction: Women in Vaudeville 1
- About the Arrangement of This Book 11
- Part One : The Singers
- Maggie Cline 13
- Lottie Gilson 000
- Eva Tanguay 000
- Anna Held 000
- Stella Mayhew 000
- Bonnie Thornton 000
- Vesta Victoria 000
- Ada Reeve 000
- Emma Carus 000
- Blanche Ring 000
- Grace La Rue 000
- Yvette Guilbert 000
- Nora Bayes 000
- Marion Bent 000
- Ethel Levey 000
- Louise Dresser 000
- Blossom Seeley 000
- Aileen Stanley 000
- Texas Guinan 000
- Lillian Russell 000
- Florence Mills 000
- Rae Samuels 000
- Alice Lloyd 000
- Bessie Wynn 000
- Ruth Roye 000
- Sophie Tucker 000
- Belle Baker 000
- Olga Petrova 000
- Ethel Waters 000
- Fritzi Scheff 000
- Irene Bordoni 000
- Isabelle Patricola 000
- Adelaide Hall 000
- Ruth Etting 000
- Part Two : The Singer-Comediennes
- Irene Franklin 000
- Fay Templeton 000
- Marie Dressler 000
- Ina Claire 000
- Trixie Friganza 000
- Mae West 000
- Molly Picon 000
- Marie Cahill 000
- Part Three : The Comediennes
- May Irwin 000
- Cissie Loftus 000
- Kate Elinore 000
- Elsie Janis 000
- Florence Moore 000
- Nan Halperin 000
- Fanny Brice 000
- Winnie Lightner 000
- Part Four : The Dancers
- La Carmencita 000
- Ruth St. Denis 000
- Bessie McCoy 000
- Gertrude Hoffman 000
- Florence Walton 000
- Gertrude Vanderbilt 000
- Adele Astaire 000
- Mlle. Dazie 000
- Charlotte Greenwood 000
- Janette Hackett 000
- Irene Castle 000
- Part Five : The Sister Acts
- The Cherry Sisters 000
- The Dolly Sisters 000
- The Duncan Sisters 000
- The Hilton Sisters 000
- Part Six : The Actresses
- The Cherry Sisters 000
- Valeska Suratt 000
- Fannie Ward 000
- Mrs. Patrick Campbell 000
- Ethel Barrymore 000
- Sarah Bernhardt 000
- Fifi D'Orsay 000
- Part Seven : The Male Impersonators
- Vesta Tilley 000
- Ella Shields 000
- Kitty Doner 000
- Part Eight : The Novelty Acts
- Anna Eva Fay 000
- Carrie Nation 000
- Annette Kellerman 000
- Evelyn Nesbit 000
- Helen Keller 000
- Part Nine : Headliners' Heritage
- Selected Bibliography and Source Materials 000
- Index 000.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. 265-267.
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