Elizabeth Brice (performer)

Elizabeth Brice, from a 1914 publication.

Elizabeth Brice (c. 1885-1965), born Bessie Shaler, was an American musical-comedy singer and dancer.[1]

Biography

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.[2] When they performed together in vaudeville they were known as Brice and King.[3] Brice also appeared in other productions, for example the Ziegfeld Follies of 1913.[2] During World War I she entertained the troops overseas.[4] She was not related to Fanny Brice.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Anne Commire, ed. (January 1, 2007). "Brice, Elizabeth (c. 1885–1965)". Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages.
  2. 1 2 The Broadway League. "Elizabeth Brice - IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information".
  3. ↑ The Moving Picture World. World Photographic Publishing Company. 1916. pp. 1483–.
  4. ↑ Life. Life Magazine, Incorporated. 1919. pp. 904–.
  5. ↑ 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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