Elizabeth Brice (performer)

Elizabeth Brice (c. 1885-1965), born Bessie Shaler, was an American musical-comedy singer and dancer.[1] In the 1910s she 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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