Elsie Baker
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Elsie Baker (July 13, 1883 – August 16, 1971) was an American singer and actress whose career spanned the gamut from vaudeville through silent movies to Victrola to radio to Hollywood and television.[1]
Biography
She was born on July 13, 1883 in Chicago, Illinois. Baker first went on stage when she was just 10 months old, and more than 80 years later she was still taking roles in Hollywood films until just before her death.[2]
She sometimes used the stage name Edna Brown, including in the 1910s when she sang duets with Irish-American singer Billy Murray.[3]
She died on August 16, 1971.
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References
- ↑ IMDb
- ↑ MTV filmography for Elsie Baker
- ↑ Their 1916 duet on "Play a Simple Melody" is available at the Internet Archive site for Billy Murray & Edna Brown.
External links
- Elsie Baker at the Internet Movie Database
- Discography of Elsie Baker on Victor Records from the Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings (EDVR)
- Elsie Baker at Find a Grave