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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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The Incomparable Hildegarde: The Sexuality, Style and Image of an Entertainment Icon

The Incomparable Hildegarde: The Sexuality, Style and Image of an Entertainment Icon

Gallamore, Monica Storme

Paperback

Entertainment & Performing ArtsHistorical Figures

ISBN10: 1476667705
ISBN13: 9781476667706
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: Apr 11 2018
Pages: 206
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.50 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English

The Incomparable Hildegarde (1906-2005) began her career as a pianist in Milwaukee's silent movie theaters, which led to the Vaudeville stage. By the 1930s, she was singing in the cabarets of Paris and London, rubbing elbows with royalty, White Russians and Josephine Baker. She then became a darling of the New York supper club scene and her name became synonymous with high-class entertainment at venues like the Plaza Hotel's Persian Room. She started fashion trends, had her own signature Revlon nail and lip color, and was the first to have song hits in the World War II era.

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