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Wilson, Edith, 1896-1981

LC control no.n 87121587
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Personal name headingWilson, Edith, 1896-1981
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Variant(s)Wilson, Edith, 1906-
Wilson, Edith H., 1896-1981
Aunt Jemima (Edith Wilson), 1896-1981
Goodall, Edith, 1896-1981
Other standard no.000000003104113X
Birth date1896-09-02
Death date1981-03-30
Place of birthLouisville (Ky.)
Place of deathChicago (Ill.)
Field of activityBlues (Music) Vaudeville
Profession or occupationSingers
Found inWaller, F. Souvenirs of Hot chocolates [SR] p1978: label (Edith Wilson; singer) container (only 23 at time of performance in 1929)
Dressing Room Club, Inc. Souvenir program, 1924: unnumbered page 20 (Edith A. Wilson; phonograph star, vaudeville singer; partnered early on with Daniel Lawrence, sang many of his compositions; moved to New York where she was engaged by Columbia Phonograph Company; sang in Europe as well; head of her own revue at the Club Alabam)
Performing arts biog. master index (Wilson, Edith, 1906- )
Grove music online, Jan. 21, 2009 (Wilson, (née Goodall), Edith; b. Sept. 2, 1896, Louisville, KY, d. Mar. 30, 1981, Chicago; singer; she trimmed 10 years from her age for show-business purposes; her year of birth sometimes appears incorrectly as 1906)
Bibliothèque nationale de France, via VIAF, viewed Nov. 10, 2021 (Wilson, Edith, 1896-1981; born 1896-09-02, Louisville, died 1981-03-30, Chicago; gender: Females; variant access points: Aunt Jemima; blues singer)
   <http://www.viaf.org/processed/BNF%7C13926307>
ISNI, viewed Nov. 10, 2021 (000000003104113X: Wilson, Edith; variant access points: Aunt Jemima; Edith Goodall; Edith Wilson; Goodall, Edith; performer)
   <https://isni.org/isni/000000003104113X>
Discogs web site, viewed Nov. 10, 2021 (Edith Wilson (maiden name: Edith Goodall); born September 2, 1896, Louisville, Kentucky, died March 30, 1981, Chicago, Illinois; American blues singer)
   <https://www.discogs.com/artist/647988>