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    Fritzi Scheff (born Friederike Scheff; August 30, 1879 – April 8, 1954) was an American actress and singer. Born Friederike Scheff in Vienna to Dr. Gottfried...
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  • Scheff is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Fritzi Scheff, American actress Jason Scheff, American musician Jerry Scheff, American musician...
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  • American actress of the silent era Friederike Fritzi Scheff (1879–1954), American actress and singer Friederike Fritzi Schwingl (1921–2016), Austrian slalom and...
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    (1926–2009), comedian David Sarnoff (1891–1971), businessman head of RCA Fritzi Scheff (1879–1954), operatic soprano and actress Gordon Scott (1926–2007),...
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  • stars Fritzi Scheff, Louis Bennison, Forrest Stanley, Owen Moore and Lela Bliss. The film was released on March 29, 1915, by Paramount Pictures. Fritzi Scheff...
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  • and a libretto by Henry Blossom. Written as a starring vehicle for Fritzi Scheff, the work premiered at the Studebaker Theater in Chicago on October...
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    she displayed in the window of a grocery store. Vaudeville actress Fritzi Scheff was performing in Missoula at the time, saw the display, and purchased...
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    Brady; actresses Lillian Russell, Billie Burke, Maxine Elliott, and Fritzi Scheff; producers David Belasco and Oscar Hammerstein I; actor John Drew Jr...
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    with music by Victor Herbert and libretto by Henry Blossom, and Miss Fritzi Scheff singing in the title role, was performed on Broadway for the first time...
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    was frequently revived early in the 20th century. Viennese soprano Fritzi Scheff had already built a following at the Metropolitan Opera when Victor...
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  • August 23 – Yevgenia Bosch, Ukrainian politician (d. 1925) August 30 – Fritzi Scheff, Viennese-born American actress and singer (d. 1954) August 31 Isidro...
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    appearance Refs. Ed Wynn 1913 Ethel Barrymore 1913 Nora Bayes 1914 Fritzi Scheff 1914 Nan Halperin 1915 Will Rogers 1916 Blossom Seeley 1917 Lillian...
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  • Jewish descent Don Rickles – actor and comedian, of Jewish descent Fritzi Scheff – actress Joseph Schildkraut – actor Arnold Schwarzenegger – actor and...
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    had occasion to work with three great prima donnas: Alice Nielsen, Fritzi Scheff, and Emma Trentini. For them, he wrote leading parts in The Fortune...
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    Le Baron first sang with the Bostonian Opera Company before joining Fritzi Scheff and her famous company. During this time she played Lady Jane in The...
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  • Finale III (Ensemble) The 1903 production received positive reviews for Scheff in the lead role and Herbert's music, but generally negative reviews for...
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    Baseball Hall of Fame member; in Culver City, California (d. 2012) Died: Fritzi Scheff, 74, US actress and singer Joseph Laniel, Prime Minister of France,...
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    Estelle in The Two Schools. In December 1903 Luby played Greta opposite Fritzi Scheff in Babette at the Broadway Theatre, and a subsequent road tour. In May...
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    Babette in New York with Fritzi Scheff. She also performed with Scheff in Mlle. Modiste, and she gained attention when Scheff was unable to perform in...
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  • Bandleader Ernie Holst Charles Weidman as Charles Weidman-Speciality Fritzi Scheff as Fritzi Scheff Claire and Arene as Specialty Act Lazare and Castellanos as...
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  • American Former baseball player who had an act with Charley O'Leary. Fritzi Scheff August 30, 1879 April 8, 1954 Austrian Actress and singer. Ernestine...
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  • general (b. 1899) Maud Barger-Wallach, tennis player (b. 1870) April 8 – Fritzi Scheff, singer and actress (b. 1879 in Austria) April 19 – Russell Davenport...
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    Broadway Theatre the following year, Boccaccio, opposite the actress Fritzi Scheff in the title role. In 1905 Harrison portrayed several roles in Jean...
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  • MaryAnn McCormick 142 mezzo-soprano 19 December 1991 22 February 2020 Fritzi Scheff 141 soprano 9 November 1900 27 April 1903 Jeremy Ives 141 dancer 6 August...
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    two-story, 20 room dwelling. The frame dwelling sits on a stone foundation. Fritzi Scheff, a singer with the Metropolitan Opera, was fascinated by the region...
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    Marquard Heinz Moog Sibylle Nicolai [de] Walter Rehberg Max Rudolf Fritzi Scheff Erich Schmid Dietrich Schulz-Köhn [de] Johanna Senfter Hermine Spies...
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    Billie Burke The Prince Duma by Henry Blossom and Victor Herbert; with Fritzi Scheff The Pillars of Society by Henrik Ibsen; with Mrs. Fiske Mid-Channel...
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    physician and surgeon. Mrs. Wood studied opera in Milan, Italy under Fritzi Scheff and gave concerts in Vienna, Milan and Paris. After the death of "Count"...
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  • and Tell - starring Peggy Ann Garner Ladies in Retirement - starring Fritzi Scheff The Little Foxes - starring Ruth Chatterton The Male Animal - starring...
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    family plot in Paris, Kentucky. His marriage to Austrian opera singer Fritzi Scheff in 1908 lasted just over four years. He had no children. The John Fox...
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