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DEAR PEGGY: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR                                                                                                                                 peggy-north@monthlyherald.com

VAUDEVILLE SUPER COMEDIENNES

Dear Peggy: Please can you help me find photos of Vaudeville comediennes Fay Templeton, Julian Fltinge and Ziegfelf dancing girls. Do you have any by chance? Armen Batrakian, Yerevan, Armenia                                                                                                       Here they are Armen. You are welcome.

    

From L to R: Two very distinct images of Vaudeville super comedienne, dancer and singer Fay Templeton who introduced George M. Cohan's "Mary's a Grand Old Name" in 45 Minutes from Broadway. Templeton ended her stellar career by introducing Jerome Kern's "Yesterdays" in Roberta (1933).  de Concini and Vaudeville star Julian Eltinge was the only female impersonator in the history of showbiz to have a Broadway theater named after him. (It is now the AMC Empire movie multiplex on 42nd Street).

Ziegfeld’s  “The Follies of 1907”, the making of a Broadway legend.  Those dancers enjoyed public recognition and a wide respect in the artistic community.

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