Annette Bade
Annette Bade (March 22, 1900 – September 1975) was an American stage performer, best known as a Ziegfeld girl.
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![]() Annette Bade, of the Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic, from a 1921 publication. | |
Born | March 22, 1900 New York City, U.S. |
Died | September 1975 |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Showgirl, actress |
Spouse(s) | Alfred Clarence Mace Jr. (m.1924–1934, his death) |
Children | 1 |
Early life
Bade was born in New York City, the daughter of William Bade and Lillian C. Bade. Her parents were in show business, as were her grandparents.[1]
Career
Annette Bade was a milliner's model as a young woman.[2] Her Broadway credits included roles in The Century Girl (1916-1917), Words and Music (1917-1918), Aphrodite (1919), Morris Gest's Midnight Whirl (1919-1920),[3] Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1921), Ziegfeld 9 O'Clock Frolic (1921), Ziegfeld Frolic (1922),[4] Cold Feet (1923),[5] and Vogues of 1924 (1924).[6][7] She was also in one silent film, A Woman's Business (1920). She appeared as a fashion model,[8] and was one of the actress clients of British designer Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon.[9] Critic George Jean Nathan quipped, "I venerate Molière, and Annette Bade's legs."[10] Another critic described her as "slim, fair, youthful, and possessing a voice somewhere between a whine and a whisper."[3]
Personal life
Annette Bade married advertising executive Alfred Clarence Mace Jr. He died in 1934.[11][12][13] Bade, who was always described as petite in stature,[14] had a daughter, Anne Catherine Mace (1925–1980), who was over six feet tall; she also became a showgirl.[1][15][16] Annette Bade died in 1975, in Florida.
References
- "Annette Bade". Daily News. May 6, 1956. p. 9. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- Mantle, Burns (April 1919). "What's What on Broadway". The Green Book Magazine. 21: 505.
- Hammond, Percy (June 8, 1920). "The Century Midnight Whirl". Chicago Tribune. p. 21. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Now We Know the Reason Why". The Philadelphia Inquirer. January 1, 1922. p. 55. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Cold Feet". Theatre Magazine. 38: 16. July 1923.
- Pollack, Howard (2007-01-15). George Gershwin: His Life and Work. University of California Press. pp. 242–243. ISBN 9780520933149.
- Brideson, Cynthia; Brideson, Sara (2015-05-06). Ziegfeld and His Follies: A Biography of Broadway's Greatest Producer. University Press of Kentucky. p. 452. ISBN 9780813160900.
- Bonwit Teller (August 1921). "Forerunners of Fall Fashions". Arts & Decoration. 15: 232.
- Finamore, M. Tolini (2013-01-28). Hollywood Before Glamour: Fashion in American Silent Film. Springer. ISBN 9780230389496.
- Hanemann, Henry William (April 1921). "The Latest Books". Life. p. 567. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- "Mace". Chicago Tribune. July 7, 1934. p. 18. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Tall, Blonde Bride". The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 9, 1943. p. 148. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Alfred C. Mace". Daily News. July 7, 1934. p. 273. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Annette Bade". Daily News. May 20, 1923. p. 42. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- "New York's Favorite Show Girl is Six Feet Three". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. July 27, 1941. p. 67. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- Bade Mace, Annette (December 7, 1941). "Showgirl's Scrapbook". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 136. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Annette Bade at the Internet Broadway Database
- Annette Bade on IMDb
- A photograph of Annette Bade from the Bain News Service, in the George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress.