biography
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1900–77)
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| biography:
| Stage and film actress and singer, born in Chester, Pennsylvania, USA. An eloquent performer, she began in both black and white vaudeville, then made her debut on Broadway in 1927. She is remembered for her role in The Member of the Wedding (1950). Her best known song was ‘Stormy Weather’. |
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