The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-03-19
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NEW YORK, March 19.
Mora Bayes, sone Of the fore
most actresses on the Ameri-
can stage, musical comedy
and vaudeville star for years,
died today il the Jewish Hos
pifal, ii Brooklyn from the
effects of an abdominal opera
ton performed last week. Her
condition became acute and,
last night, she sank rapidly.
Broadway was stunned BY the
death Of the popular star. She had
made q legion Dc friends in the
theatrical profe ion from the very
day, nearly SO years f 30 M llen. at
Tho age OF ] 81 she ventures Out On
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Where the Wurtzberger Flows.
Married Five Times
+ The fame of this talented girl
born Dora Goldberg became inter-
national. On and off the stage she
was a. coincidence. Her triumphs
and vicissitudes were viewed with Tie
keenest sense of humor. She was
married five times. Always she
gave herself unstintingly to her
audience. whether at the Palace on
Broadway, the Palladium in London
or the town opera house son one
night stand.
Miss Bayes was A years old.
She was in private life the wife Of
Benjamin l.. Friedlander, to whom
she was married three years ago
aboard the Leviathan. He survives
her. as do three adopted children,
Norman, Lea Nora and Peter. Her
first husband was Otto Crossing,
with whom she early appeared in
vaudeville. She married thereafter
Jack Norworth, musical comedy
star; Harry Clark, and Arthur Cor
doni. Divorce ended all her mar
riaaes but the last.
All her husbands but Friedlander,-
who is in the garage business,
were actors.
The musical productions in which
Miss Bayes gained her greatest
fame included: Little Miss Fixit,"
which, incidentally brought the
turkey trot into terpsichorean favor
in 1912; THE Jolly Bachelors"
''Roly.Poly;" THE Merry Co Round"
Made in America" 1.-THE Cohan
Revue of 1915" Ladies First"
"Her Family Tree" After Dinner"
Snapshots of 1921" and Queen
of Hearts"
She sang her way in and out of
Ziegfeld's "Follies'' for several
years. At one time she produced
her own musical show on Broad
way. .
Vaudeville audiences from coast
to coast will recall Nora's singing
of blue songs, her witty re-
marks and humorous antics. Off
the stage she retained her bub-
bling sense Of humor.
A Regular Husband
Rejecting on her marriage in
Chicago to Crossing, her first hus
band, she said: He was good
business man. He had a rating
in Bradstreet and La Sale Street.
He was one of the both members
of this club and he kept regular
hours. That was his trouble. His
regular hours were all away from
home so we parted"
She selected Jack Norworth as a
husband, she said, because he re.
minded her of Yale and the Uni.
yersity of Kansas. He had the
rall-rah look" and 1t was spring
time.
While in England she was ru-
mored engaged to Lew Cody, the
film star. The report arose from
jesting cablegram to her man.
ager. reading:
Lew and I engaged, were
thrown together in an automobile
accident"
On her return she denied she
intended marrying Cody. AS Ter
liner locked the band played the
wedding March" in honor of the
arriving "newly-Weds."
That's my national anthem"
said Nora.
Proud of Joliet, Ill.
Ill health was a frequent handi-
cap to the actress, although less in
recent years. She became an ad.
herent of Christian Science She
was always proud of her old home
town and birthplace, Joliet. Ill.
Broadway is planning a funeral
that will be a great tribute to her
memory. She will be buried with
rites Of fhe Christian Science.
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