Gertrude Saunders
Gertrude Saunders (born August 25, 1903 in North Carolina , † April 1991 in Beverly (Massachusetts) ) was an American actress and singer.
Career
Saunders sang 1921 on the recordings of the Black Devils of James Tim Brymn for Okeh Records . In the following years she was one of the actors who appeared in 1921/22 in Shuffle Along and 1922/23 in the Broadway show Liza . In 1926 she played the title role in Irvin C. Miller's Red Hot Mama . Then Jack Gee, Bessie Smith's husband , had an affair with her and financed her a show.
In 1932 she appeared in the Broadway revue Blackberries of 1932 . She later starred in the films The Toy Wife (1938), Big Timers (1945) and Sepia Cinderella (1947).
Web links
- Short biography (Ipernity)
- Gertrude Saunders in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Entry (Internet Broadway Database)
Individual evidence
- ^ Tim Brymn and His Black Devil Orchestra, RedHotJazz.com . Retrieved December 26, 2016
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| SURNAME | Saunders, Gertrude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American actress and singer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 25, 1903 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | North Carolina |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1991 |
| Place of death | Beverly, Massachusetts |