Annette Margaret Bade (March 22, 1900 – September 2, 1975)[1] was an American stage performer, best known as a Ziegfeld girl.
Annette Bade | |
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.png) Annette Bade, of the Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic, from a 1921 publication. | |
| Born | March 22, 1900 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | September 2, 1975 (aged 75) Broward, Florida, U.S. |
| Other names | Annette Mace Annette Rose |
| Occupation(s) | Showgirl, actress |
| Years active | 1916–1924 |
| Spouses | Alfred Clarence Mace Jr.
(m. 1924; died 1934)Irving Rose (m. 1944) |
| Children | 1 |
Early life
editAnnette Margaret Bade was born in New York City, the daughter of William Bade and Lillian C. Bade (née Dittman). Her parents were in show business, as were her grandparents.[2] She left school after completing 8th grade.[3]
Career
editAnnette Bade was a milliner's model as a young woman.[4] Her Broadway credits included roles in The Century Girl (1916–1917), Words and Music (1917–1918), Aphrodite (1919), Morris Gest's Midnight Whirl (1919–1920),[5] Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1921), Ziegfeld 9 O'Clock Frolic (1921), Ziegfeld Frolic (1922),[6] Cold Feet (1923),[7] and Vogues of 1924 (1924).[8][9] She was also in one silent film, A Woman's Business (1920). She appeared as a fashion model,[10] and was one of the actress clients of British designer Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon.[11] Critic George Jean Nathan quipped, "I venerate Molière, and Annette Bade's legs."[12] Another critic described her as "slim, fair, youthful, and possessing a voice somewhere between a whine and a whisper."[5]
Personal life
editAnnette Bade married advertising executive Alfred Clarence Mace Jr. He died in 1934.[13][14][15] Bade, who was always described as petite in stature,[16] had a daughter, Anne Catherine Mace (1925–1980), who was over six feet tall; she also became a showgirl.[2][17][18] Bade applied for a marriage license with Irving Rose on May 6, 1944, in Manhattan.[19] In the 1940 census, Bade listed her occupation as saleslady.[3]
She died on September 2, 1975, in Florida.
References
edit- ^ "Join Ancestry®". www.ancestry.com.
- ^ a b "Annette Bade". Daily News. May 6, 1956. p. 9. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Ancestry – Sign Up". www.ancestry.com.
- ^ Mantle, Burns (April 1919). "What's What on Broadway". The Green Book Magazine. 21: 505.
- ^ a b Hammond, Percy (June 8, 1920). "The Century Midnight Whirl". Chicago Tribune. p. 21. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Now We Know the Reason Why". The Philadelphia Inquirer. January 1, 1922. p. 55. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Thorold, W. J.; Hornblow (Jr), Arthur; Maxwell, Perriton; Beach, Stewart (July 1923). "Cold Feet". Theatre Magazine. 38: 16.
- ^ Pollack, Howard (2007-01-15). George Gershwin: His Life and Work. University of California Press. pp. 242–243. ISBN 9780520933149.
- ^ Brideson, Cynthia; Brideson, Sara (2015-05-06). Ziegfeld and His Follies: A Biography of Broadway's Greatest Producer. University Press of Kentucky. p. 452. ISBN 9780813160900.
- ^ Bonwit Teller (August 1921). "Forerunners of Fall Fashions". Arts & Decoration. 15: 232.
- ^ Finamore, M. Tolini (2013-01-28). Hollywood Before Glamour: Fashion in American Silent Film. Springer. ISBN 9780230389496.
- ^ Hanemann, Henry William (April 1921). "The Latest Books". Life. p. 567. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ^ "Mace". Chicago Tribune. July 7, 1934. p. 18. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tall, Blonde Bride". The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 9, 1943. p. 148. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alfred C. Mace". Daily News. July 7, 1934. p. 273. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Annette Bade". Daily News. May 20, 1923. p. 42. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "New York's Favorite Show Girl is Six Feet Three". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. July 27, 1941. p. 67. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bade Mace, Annette (December 7, 1941). "Showgirl's Scrapbook". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 136. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Irving Rose And Annette Mace Marriage License". Internet Archive. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
External links
edit- Annette Bade at the Internet Broadway Database
- Annette Bade at IMDb
- A photograph of Annette Bade from the Bain News Service, in the George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress.