Elizabeth Brice

Elizabeth Brice

Performed on stages around the world. Active from the early 1900s to the 1920s. Known for working on the Keith Orpheum vaudeville circuit. Performed for soldiers in France during WWI. Born in Findlay, moved to Toledo at 18 and worked for the Toledo News-Bee before entering show business. Born in 1883 as Bessie S. Shaler. She legally changed her name to Elizabeth Brice in 1914.

(b. 1883 d. 1965: musical-comedy singer, and dancer)


Bessie’s Birth Record – Hancock County Ohio Probate Court
Obit published in the Toledo Blade January 1965
Elizabeth Brice (red dot) in France in 1918 to entertain the troops

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