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Lillyn Brown

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Also known as Lillian Thomas

American singer and entertainer (1885-1969)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
United States
Active from
1933-05-03
Active to
2006-12-25
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Lillyn Brown (Lillian Thomas, Atlanta, Georgia, 1885 - 1969) was an American minstrel show, vaudeville, musical theatre and blues singer. She was half Erie Iroquois Indian and was sometimes billed as the "Indian Princess", other times "The Youngest Interlocutor in the World", because she had a song and dance act where she was a male impersonator. Lillyn Brown was, according to herself, the first professional singer who sang the blues to an audience, in 1908 at the "Little Strand Theatre" in Ch

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Family name
Brown
Gender
female
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Atlanta
Place of death
Manhattan
Occupation
actor
Instrument
voice
Image
Lillian Thomas (aka Lillyn Brown) circa 1920.jpg
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date of birth
1885-04-24
date of death
1969-06-08
birth name
Lillian Thomas
ethnic group
African Americans
Commons category
Lillyn Brown
start of work period
1894-00-00
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