Women Vaudeville Stars : Eighty Biographical Profiles

Fields, Armond

McFarland & Co Inc（2012/04発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 279 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9780786469161
• DDC分類 792.70922

Full Description

Here are the stories of 80 women who were among the top vaudeville acts in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, 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.

Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments     

Introduction: Women in Vaudeville     

About the Arrangement of This Book     

PART ONE : THE SINGERS

Maggie Cline     

Lottie Gilson     

Eva Tanguay     

Anna Held     

Stella Mayhew     

Bonnie Thornton     

Vesta Victoria     

Ada Reeve     

Emma Carus     

Blanche Ring     

Grace La Rue     

Yvette Guilbert     

Nora Bayes     

Marion Bent     

Ethel Levey     

Louise Dresser     

Blossom Seeley     

Aileen Stanley     

Texas Guinan     

Lillian Russell     

Florence Mills     

Rae Samuels     

Alice Lloyd     

Bessie Wynn     

Ruth Roye     

Sophie Tucker     

Belle Baker     

Olga Petrova     

Ethel Waters     

Frederike "Fritzi" Scheff     

Irene Bordoni     

Isabelle Patricola     

Adelaide Hall     

Ruth Etting     

PART TWO : THE SINGER-COMEDIENNES

Irene Franklin     

Fay Templeton     

Marie Dressler     

Ina Claire     

Trixie Friganza     

Mae West     

Molly Picon     

Marie Cahill     

PART THREE : THE COMEDIENNES

May Irwin     

Cissie Loftus     

Kate Elinore     

Elsie Janis     

Florence Moore     

Nan Halperin     

Fanny Brice     

Winnie Lightner     

PART FOUR : THE DANCERS

La Carmencita     

Bessie Clayton     

Ruth St. Denis     

Bessie McCoy     

Gertrude Hoffman     

Florence Walton     

Gertrude Vanderbilt     

Adele Astaire     

Mlle. Dazie     

Charlotte Greenwood     

Janette Hackett     

Irene Castle     

PART FIVE : THE SISTER ACTS

The Cherry Sisters     

The Dolly Sisters     

The Duncan Sisters     

The Hilton Sisters     

PART SIX : THE ACTRESSES

Valeska Suratt     

Fannie Ward     

Mrs. Patrick Campbell     

Ethel Barrymore     

Sarah Bernhardt     

Fifi D'Orsay     

PART SEVEN : THE MALE IMPERSONATORS

Vesta Tilley     

Ella Shields     

Kitty Doner     

PART EIGHT : THE NOVELTY ACTS

Anna Eva Fay     

Carrie Nation     

Annette Kellerman     

Evelyn Nesbit     

Helen Keller     

PART NINE : HEADLINERS' HERITAGE     

Selected Bibliography and Source Materials     

Index