Elizabeth Brice (performer)

Elizabeth Brice (born Bessie S. Shaler; February 21, 1883[1] – January 25, 1965)[2] was an American musical-comedy singer and dancer.[3]

Elizabeth Brice, c. 1914

Biography

Brice was born Bessie S. Shaler in Findlay, Ohio,[2] on February 21, 1883 to John Shaler and Fannie C. Wise.[4] In March 1901, shortly after her 18th birthday, she married Fred J. Wilkinson in Essex, Ontario, Canada.[5]

In the 1910s, Brice was the most frequent partner of Charles King, with whom she appeared in The Slim Princess, A Winsome Widow, Watch Your Step and Miss 1917.[6] When they performed together in vaudeville they were known as Brice and King.[7] Brice also appeared in other productions, for example the Ziegfeld Follies of 1913.[6] During World War I she entertained the troops overseas.[8] She was not related to Fanny Brice.[9]

Brice lived in Queens in her retirement. She died in 1965, aged 82.[2]

References
  1. U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014
  2. "Obituaries: Elizabeth Brice". New York Daily News. January 26, 1965. p. 32. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  3. Anne Commire, ed. (January 1, 2007). "Brice, Elizabeth (c. 1885–1965)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages. Archived from the original on May 5, 2016.
  4. Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973
  5. Ontario, Canada, Marriages, 1826-1936
  6. The Broadway League. "Elizabeth Brice - IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information".
  7. The Moving Picture World. World Photographic Publishing Company. 1916. pp. 1483–.
  8. Life. Life Magazine, Incorporated. 1919. pp. 904–.
  9. Anthony Slide (12 March 2012). The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville. Univ. Press of Mississippi. pp. 65–. ISBN 978-1-61703-250-9.


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