Abbie Mitchell
Sign in to saveAmerican soprano opera singer (1884–1960)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1884-09-25
- Died
- 1960-03-16
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Hollow Is a Home
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 65
- Total plays
- 162
Abriea "Abbie" Mitchell (25 September 1884 – 16 March 1960), also billed as Abbey Mitchell, was an American soprano opera singer who sang the role of "Clara" in the premier production of George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess in 1935. Mitchell was the daughter of an African-American mother and a Jewish-German father from New York City's Lower East Side. She was reared by a maternal aunt, Alice Payne, in Baltimore, Maryland, where she attended a convent school. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Abbie
Key dates
- Born
- 25 September 1884
- Died
- 16 March 1960
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Mitchell
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Place of death
- New York City
- Spouse
- Will Marion Cook
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Employer
- Tuskegee University
- Movement
- Harlem Renaissance
Connections
Categories
1884 births1960 deaths19th-century African-American women singers19th-century American women opera singers19th-century American women singers20th-century African-American women singers20th-century American actresses20th-century American singers20th-century American women opera singersActresses from BaltimoreAfrican-American CatholicsAfrican-American women opera singers