Jackson, Ethel (1877–1957)

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Jackson, Ethel (1877–1957)

American actress and singer. Born Nov 1, 1877, in New York, NY; died Nov 23, 1957, in East Islip, LI, NY; m. J. Fred Zimmerman; m. Benoni Lockwood (div.).

Came to prominence as the original Sonia in The Merry Widow in US (1907); also appeared on Broadway in Little Miss Nobody, Vienna Life, A Wild Goose, The Purple Road, A Pair of Sixes, Dodsworth, So Proudly We Hail, The Women and Key Largo.

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