Armond Fields

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Armond Fields (born November 22, 1930 in Chicago , Illinois , † August 17, 2008 in Culver City , California ) was an American painter , graphic artist and biographer .

Life

Armond Fields grew up in Milwaukee , Michigan , where he graduated from high school. He then studied at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , after which he received his doctorate from the University of Chicago . He then worked for several years in advertising and market research. From 1969 he started his own business as a market researcher and worked for several companies and organizations.

At the same time, Fields drew, painted and designed several graphics. From the mid-1980s he wrote about several vaudevillestars biographies, including the actress Maude Adams and the poet George Auriol .

Fields died on August 17, 2008 of complications from metastatic colon cancer .

Works

  • George Auriol (1985)
  • From the Bowery to Broadway: Lew Fields and the Roots of American Popular Theater (1993)
  • Le Chat Noir: A Montmartre Cabaret and Its Artists in Turn-Of-The Century Paris (1994)
  • Eddie Foy: A Biography of the Early Popular Stage Comedian (1999)
  • James J. Corbett: A Biography of the Heavyweight Boxing Champion and Popular Theater Headliner (2001)
  • Fred Stone: Circus Performer and Musical Comedy Star (2002)
  • Katharine Dexter McCormick: Pioneer for Women's Rights (2003)
  • Sophie Tucker: First Lady of Show Business (2003)
  • Maude Adams: Idol of American Theater, 1872-1953 (2004)
  • Women Vaudeville Stars: Eighty Biographical Profiles (2006)
  • Tony Pastor, Father of Vaudeville (2007)
  • Lillian Russell: A Biography of "America's Beauty" (2008)

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personal data
SURNAME Fields, Armond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American painter, printmaker, and biographer
DATE OF BIRTH November 22, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois, United States
DATE OF DEATH August 17, 2008
Place of death Culver City , California, United States