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    Bessie Clayton (c. 1878 – July 16, 1948) was an American Broadway and Vaudeville dancer and choreographer. She was an influential bridge between classical...
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    was married to Priscilla Mitchell, the daughter of vaudeville star Bessie Clayton; they had one daughter, Priscilla, before divorcing in 1936. He married...
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    Watson Jr. The Ziegfeld Girls (including Mae Murray) 1909 Nora Bayes Bessie Clayton Maurice Hegeman Jack Norworth Lillian Lorraine Sophie Tucker Vera Maxwell...
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  • half of the last book in a trilogy. She was survived by her mother, Bessie Clayton, and her sisters, Penn Brumm and Pamela Larsen. The Diadem Saga Diadem...
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    and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve, game show host, and producer Bessie Clayton (1875–1948), former Broadway, vaudeville, and burlesque specialty dancer...
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    comedian, he shared bills with Frank Fay, Sophie Tucker, James Barton and Bessie Clayton. In 1928, with big-time vaudeville ending, Smith landed a job on radio's...
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  • Morgan, and Chris Smith. He composed for many vaudeville acts, including Bessie Clayton, Corinne Tilton, Harry Cooper, Mabel McCain, Nevins and Gordon, and...
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    Bowman (1901–1936), sprinter who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics Bessie Clayton (c. 1875–1948), toe-tap dancer Stephen Donaldson (1946–1996), LGBT rights...
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    Mitchell, Mitchell's wife Bessie Clayton filed for divorce, citing Louise Alexander as corespondent. Mitchell and Clayton later reconciled. Louise Alexander...
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  • dancer with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, founder of Ballet la Jeunesse Bessie Clayton (c. 1875–1948), show dancer, choreographer of the Gay Nineties Janet...
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