La Rue, Grace (1880–1956)
La Rue, Grace (1880–1956)
American musical-comedy star. Name variations: LaRue. Born Stella Gray, April 23, 1880, in Kansas City, MO; died Mar 12, 1956, in Burlingame, CA; m. Byron Chandler (div.); m. Hale Hamilton (actor).
Singer, actress and dancer, made stage debut as a child in Julia Marlowe's company; made NY debut to critical acclaim in The Blue Moon (1906); other appearances include Ziegfeld Follies (1907–08), The Troubadour, Betsy, Nothing But Love, Hitchy-Koo of 1917, Music Box Revue of 1922, Greenwich Village Follies of 1928 and Stepping Out; in London, created a sensation with rendition of song "You Made Me Love You"; was also a headliner in vaudeville for years, at 1st with a partner, as Burke and La Rue.
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