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M$2 December 20, 2008 02:08 AM

Where and when was Lizzie Wilson, the 1890's vaudeville singer, born?

Don't tell me about any other Lizzie Wilsons, and please include a reference that I can check. I know she performed at Tony Pastor's in New York City, toured, and had a revival in the 1930's. But I don't know where and when she was born.
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December 20, 2008 02:22 AM
U sure u have the right name? Lizzie Wilson isn't on the Wikipedia list of Vaudeville performers, nor on the following page:
http://wapedia.mobi/en/Category:Vaudeville_performers

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December 20, 2008 02:28 AM
Yes I am sure. If it was easy to find on the web I would have found it myself. I am hoping someone has access to libraries or paid online newspaper archives.

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December 20, 2008 04:45 AM - New Source
From the NY Times March 5, 1922: "Names that winked at New Yorkers from the electric signs of old Tony Pastor's as long as thirty years ago will be introduced to present-day audiences when a vaudeville act is launched at the Broadway tomorrow featuring Barney Fagan, the original Corinne, Tony Williams, Joe Sullivan, and Lizzie Wilson. "Stars of Yesterday" will be the name of it."

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December 20, 2008 02:27 AM
Lizzie A. Wilson was born in 1844 in Brattleboro, Vermont!
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http://www.lexisnexis.com/documents/academic/upa_cis/10851_NewEnglWomFamSer...


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December 20, 2008 03:05 AM
The link shows a Lizzie Wilson Goodenough, who worked as a domestic help! I don't think that qualifies as a vaudeville act!

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December 20, 2008 02:27 AM
If you are referring to Lizzie Evans, who was a Vaudeville singer in the 1890's and an actress, who played the role of Lucy Wilson?
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Evans


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December 20, 2008 04:27 AM
No, Lizzie Wilson. She may have been born under another name for all I know, but Lizzie Wilson was how she was known in vaudeville.

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December 20, 2008 02:28 AM
never mind

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December 20, 2008 02:39 AM
surely you are referring to lizzie evans, she is the only one whose name is close who did a show at tony pastor's in the late 1800's, there are a few books about tony pastor available for purchase online. Here is a photo of her to see if this is who you are referring to
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http://www.neiu.edu/~rghiggin/ephem/Evans,Lizzie.jpg


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December 20, 2008 04:21 AM
No, this is someone else. here is a link http://www.archive.org/stream/vaudevillefromth013372mbp/vaudevillefromth013372mbp_djvu.txt in which Lizzie Wilson is listed as an old star coming back in "Memory Lane" I have found a couple of online newclips, including a NY Times, but nothing with a biography. Her specialty was a German or "Dutch" comedy act.

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