Bessie Lamb (c.1879 – October 30, 1907) was an American vaudeville performer.
She grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and started performing on stage at an early age. In 1895 she was described as a "pretty little child danseuse and singer",[1] and in 1901 as a "capital singer of coon songs".[2] She is credited with having introduced ragtime music to vaudeville, in her performances in Cincinnati.[3] A newspaper obituary said: "Her wonderful mimicry and singing established her reputation, and she subsequently went on the road, being prominently identified with the Reilly & Woods' and Hurtig & Seamon's shows for a number of seasons."[4]
She died in Cincinnati in 1907, aged about 28, after several months of illness.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Kohn and Middleton's", The Cincinnati Enquirer, September 15, 1895, p.19
- ^ "Keith's Theatre", New York Clipper, June 15, 1901, p.344
- ^ Anthony Slide, "Bessie Lamb", The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville, University Press of Mississippi, 2012, p.295
- ^ a b "Bessie Lamb Dies", Variety, November 8, 1907. Retrieved November 21, 2023
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