Lottie Gee

Lottie Gee (born 1886—?) was an American entertainer who performed in shows and musicals during the Harlem Renaissance.

Gee is best known as a performer in the 1921 Broadway hit, Shuffle Along, the show that launched the careers of Josephine Baker and Florence Mills.

Biography

Lottie Gee was born in Millboro, Virginia, United States. Her career began as a dancer in Aida Overton Walker's shows. She appeared in The Red Moon by Aida Overton Walker in 1904 and later toured the vaudeville circuit in various acts. She sang the song "I'm Just Wild About Harry" in the musical Shuffle Along in 1921. Gee appeared in The Chocolate Dandies (1924).[1]

Gee and Edith Spencer became partners as "Harlem’s Sweethearts" in 1928. Later, Allegretti Anderson joined the group and they became a trio billed as Harmony Trio, the Creole Beauties, and the Three Dark Sisters.[2] In 1927, Gee was an honorary pallbearer in the funeral of Florence Mills.[1]

Posthumous

Audra McDonald portrayed Lottie Gee in Shuffle Along, Or, the Making of the Musical Sensation of 1921 and All That Followed in 2016.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Bracks, Lean'tin L.; Smith, Jessie Carney (2014). Black Women of the Harlem Renaissance Era. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 87. ISBN 978-0-8108-8542-4.
  2. ↑ "Edith Spencer scrapbook". New York Public Library Archives. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
  3. ↑ Dziemianowicz, Joe. "Audra McDonald brings life to Jazz Age production 'Shuffle Along' while peeking behind the curtain of 1921 groundbreaking Broadway blockbuster". New York Daily News. Retrieved April 6, 2018.
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