Annette Bade
Annette Bade | |
|---|---|
 Annette Bade, of the Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic, from a 1921 publication. | |
| Born | March 22, 1900 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | September 2, 1975 (aged 75) Broward, Florida, U.S. |
| Other names | Annette Mace Annette Rose |
| Occupation(s) | Showgirl, actress |
| Years active | 1916–1924 |
| Spouses | Alfred Clarence Mace Jr.
(m. 1924; died 1934)Irving Rose (m. 1944) |
| Children | 1 |
Annette Margaret Bade (March 22, 1900 – September 2, 1975)[1] was an American stage performer, best known as a Ziegfeld girl.
Early life
[edit]Annette Margaret Bade was born in New York City, the daughter of William Bade and Lillian C. Bade (née Dittman). Her parents were in show business, as were her grandparents.[2] She left school after completing 8th grade.[3]
Career
[edit]Annette Bade was a milliner's model as a young woman.[4] Her Broadway credits included roles in The Century Girl (1916–1917), Words and Music (1917–1918), Aphrodite (1919), Morris Gest's Midnight Whirl (1919–1920),[5] Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1921), Ziegfeld 9 O'Clock Frolic (1921), Ziegfeld Frolic (1922),[6] Cold Feet (1923),[7] and Vogues of 1924 (1924).[8][9] She was also in one silent film, A Woman's Business (1920). She appeared as a fashion model,[10] and was one of the actress clients of British designer Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon.[11] Critic George Jean Nathan quipped, "I venerate Molière, and Annette Bade's legs."[12] Another critic described her as "slim, fair, youthful, and possessing a voice somewhere between a whine and a whisper."[5]
Personal life
[edit]Annette Bade married advertising executive Alfred Clarence Mace Jr. He died in 1934.[13][14][15] Bade, who was always described as petite in stature,[16] had a daughter, Anne Catherine Mace (1925–1980), who was over six feet tall; she also became a showgirl.[2][17][18] Bade applied for a marriage license with Irving Rose on May 6, 1944, in Manhattan.[19] In the 1940 census, Bade listed her occupation as saleslady.[3]
She died on September 2, 1975, in Florida.
References
[edit]- ^ "Join Ancestry®". www.ancestry.com.
- ^ a b "Annette Bade". Daily News. May 6, 1956. p. 9. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Ancestry – Sign Up". www.ancestry.com.
- ^ Mantle, Burns (April 1919). "What's What on Broadway". The Green Book Magazine. 21: 505.
- ^ a b Hammond, Percy (June 8, 1920). "The Century Midnight Whirl". Chicago Tribune. p. 21. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Now We Know the Reason Why". The Philadelphia Inquirer. January 1, 1922. p. 55. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Thorold, W. J.; Hornblow (Jr), Arthur; Maxwell, Perriton; Beach, Stewart (July 1923). "Cold Feet". Theatre Magazine. 38: 16.
- ^ Pollack, Howard (2007-01-15). George Gershwin: His Life and Work. University of California Press. pp. 242–243. ISBN 9780520933149.
- ^ Brideson, Cynthia; Brideson, Sara (2015-05-06). Ziegfeld and His Follies: A Biography of Broadway's Greatest Producer. University Press of Kentucky. p. 452. ISBN 9780813160900.
- ^ Bonwit Teller (August 1921). "Forerunners of Fall Fashions". Arts & Decoration. 15: 232.
- ^ Finamore, M. Tolini (2013-01-28). Hollywood Before Glamour: Fashion in American Silent Film. Springer. ISBN 9780230389496.
- ^ Hanemann, Henry William (April 1921). "The Latest Books". Life. p. 567. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
- ^ "Mace". Chicago Tribune. July 7, 1934. p. 18. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tall, Blonde Bride". The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 9, 1943. p. 148. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alfred C. Mace". Daily News. July 7, 1934. p. 273. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Annette Bade". Daily News. May 20, 1923. p. 42. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "New York's Favorite Show Girl is Six Feet Three". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. July 27, 1941. p. 67. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bade Mace, Annette (December 7, 1941). "Showgirl's Scrapbook". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 136. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Irving Rose And Annette Mace Marriage License". Internet Archive. Retrieved April 17, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Annette Bade at the Internet Broadway Database
- Annette Bade at IMDb
- A photograph of Annette Bade from the Bain News Service, in the George Grantham Bain Collection, Library of Congress.