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Georgette Harvey (December 31, 1884 – February 17, 1952) was an American singer and actress. She is perhaps most famous for creating the role of Maria in the original Broadway production of Porgy (1927) and the 1935 Broadway production of George Gershwin 's opera Porgy and Bess .
Georgette Harvey. *Georgette Harvey was born on this date in 1884. She was a Black actress. From St. Louis, MO, as a little girl with a deep contralto voice, she found singing in the church choir and the compliments of the elders and sisters of that church a little tame.
Georgette Harvey was born on December 31, 1884 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934), The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair (1939) and Back Door to Heaven (1939). She died on February 17, 1952 in New York City, New York, USA.
From 1935 until sometime between 1940 and 1942, the Black lesbian couple Georgette Harvey and Musa Williams lived at the Lafayette Apartments in Harlem, where they frequently entertained theater notables and leading figures of the Harlem Renaissance.
Georgette Harvey was born on 31 December 1884 in St. Louis, Missouri, USA. She was an actress, known for The Middleton Family at the New York World's Fair (1939), Chloe, Love Is Calling You (1934) and Back Door to Heaven (1939). She died on 17 February 1952 in New York City, New York, USA.
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African-American actress. Born c. 1882 in St. Louis, Missouri; died Feb 17, 1952, in New York, NY. Appeared in Running Wild, Porgy, Five Star Final, Savage Rhythm, Porgy and Bess, Stevedore, Mamba's Daughters, Morning Star and Anna Lucasta; was last seen in Lost in the Stars (1949). Dictionary of Women Worldwide: 25,000 Women Through the Ages.
