Bessie Clayton (c. 1878 – July 16, 1948) was an American Broadway and Vaudeville dancer and choreographer. She was an influential bridge between classical...
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half of the last book in a trilogy. She was survived by her mother, Bessie Clayton, and her sisters, Penn Brumm and Pamela Larsen. The Diadem Saga Diadem...
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was married to Priscilla Mitchell, the daughter of vaudeville star Bessie Clayton; they had one daughter, Priscilla, before divorcing in 1936. He married...
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Watson Jr. The Ziegfeld Girls (including Mae Murray) 1909 Nora Bayes Bessie Clayton Maurice Hegeman Jack Norworth Lillian Lorraine Sophie Tucker Vera Maxwell...
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and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, game show host, and producer Bessie Clayton (1875–1948), former Broadway, vaudeville, and burlesque specialty dancer...
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Morgan, and Chris Smith. He composed for many vaudeville acts, including Bessie Clayton, Corinne Tilton, Harry Cooper, Mabel McCain, Nevins and Gordon, and...
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comedian, he shared bills with Frank Fay, Sophie Tucker, James Barton and Bessie Clayton. In 1928, with big-time vaudeville ending, Smith landed a job on radio's...
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Bowman (1901–1936), sprinter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics Bessie Clayton (c. 1875–1948), toe-tap dancer Stephen Donaldson (1946–1996), LGBT rights...
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dancer with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, founder of Ballet la Jeunesse Bessie Clayton (c. 1875–1948), show dancer, choreographer of the Gay Nineties Janet...
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best known for her hip-hop style and contemporary dance choreography. Bessie Clayton (c. 1875–1948), considered the mother of American toe-tap dancing Jack...
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(1920, 1926, 1930, 1931) The Marx Brothers (1920) Lou Clayton and Cliff Edwards (1921) Bessie Clayton (1921) Fanny Brice (1923) Isabella Patricola ("Miss...
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Mitchell, Mitchell's wife Bessie Clayton filed for divorce, citing Louise Alexander as corespondent. Mitchell and Clayton later reconciled. Louise Alexander...
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Bessie Surtees House is the name of two merchants' houses on Newcastle's Sandhill, near to the river, that were built in the 16th and 17th centuries. Though...
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Member, with Paul McCullough, of the comic team of Clark and McCullough. Bessie Clayton 1878 July 21, 1948 American Dancer. Loretta Clemens Tupper May 6, 1906...
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Schultze also served in the British Diplomatic Service. Clayton and his wife had one child, Bessie Clayton, who was born on October 3, 1873, and died on August...
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dancer Georgia Lake, and after they divorced, to Weber & Fields dancer Bessie Clayton, and they had a daughter named Priscilla. His working-class appearance...
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Mead & Co. Simonson, Mary (2013). "Moving Images: Adeline Genée and Bessie Clayton's Danced Histories". Body Knowledge: Performance, Intermediality, and...
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Harold Urey (redirect from Harold Clayton Urey)
four children: Gertrude Bessie (Elizabeth), born in 1927; Frieda Rebecca, born in 1929; Mary Alice, born in 1934; and John Clayton Urey, born in 1939. At...
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Bessie Allison Buchanan (March 7, 1902 – September 7, 1980), of Manhattan in New York City, became the first African-American woman to hold a seat in the...
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Noni Rose as Jessie Lee Erica Ash as Bessie Lee Byron Keith Minns as Reverend Percy Chris Browning as Brett Clayton Barry Bostwick as Tom Sheally Randy...
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LaVern Baker Sings Bessie Smith is the third studio album from American rhythm and blues singer LaVern Baker, released by Atlantic Records in 1958 and...
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race movie, featuring an all-black cast, headed by William A. Clayton, Jr. and Bessie Givens. The film was made in Pre-Code Hollywood. The film is presumed...
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Katie Johnson (English actress) (category People from Clayton, West Sussex)
Bessie Kate Johnson (18 November 1878 – 4 May 1957) was an English actress who appeared on stage from 1894 and on screen from the 1930s to the 1950s. In...
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College Park, Georgia (category Cities in Clayton County, Georgia)
College Park is a city in Fulton and Clayton counties, Georgia, United States, adjacent to the southern boundary of the city of Atlanta. As of the 2020...
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William Clayton Hackett (May 5, 1874 – December 10, 1930) was an American politician from Pennsylvania who served in the Pennsylvania State Senate, representing...
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as acting on the Broadway stage. In 1929 she played the “other woman” in Bessie Smith’s only film, St. Louis Blues. Washington's first marriage was to photographer...
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June 3, 2021. Friedwald, Will. Jazz Singing: America's Great Voices from Bessie Smith to Bebop and Beyond, Da Capo, (1996) – ISBN 0-306-80712-2 Liner notes...
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Maine, the first of four children of Arthur Roy Shawcross and Elizabeth "Bessie" ("Betty") Yerakes Shawcross. His family moved to Watertown, New York, when...
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this does not matter to Clayton, who is love with Peggy. Bessie Love as Peggy, The Little Boss Wallace MacDonald as Clayton Hargis Otto Lederer as Sandy...
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Negro Music - 'From Spirituals To Swing' [Dedicated to Bessie Smith]." The cover had an image of Bessie Smith. Du Noyer, Paul (2003). The Illustrated Encyclopedia...
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