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  1. Elisabeth Margaret Welch (February 27, 1904 – July 15, 2003) was an American singer, actress, and entertainer, whose career spanned seven decades. Her best-known songs were " Stormy Weather ", " Love for Sale " and "Far Away in Shanty Town".

  2. Jul 18, 2003 · Elisabeth Welch, an expatriate cabaret singer who mixed elegant phrasing and emotive power to craft extraordinary interpretations of the songs of America's Jazz Age and...

  3. Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003) was an American-born singer who appeared in British films of the 1930s and 1940s, opposite Paul Robeson and others. She also performed in West End musical theater and introduced many songs that became standards, such as "Stormy Weather".

    • Actress, Soundtrack
    • February 27, 1904
    • Elisabeth Welch
    • July 15, 2003
  4. Actress: Big Fella. In British films of the 1930s and 1940s, American-born singer Elisabeth Welch made several memorable guest appearances in cabaret sequences, and starred opposite Paul Robeson in two features.

    • February 27, 1904
    • July 15, 2003
  5. Jul 19, 2003 · Elisabeth Welch, the singer who during a remarkably long career introduced the jazz anthem “Charleston” on Broadway in 1923 and sang Cole Porter’s scandalous “Love for Sale” on Broadway in 1931,...

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  6. Elisabeth Welch Biography. Born on February 27, 1908, in New York, NY; died on July 15, 2003, in London, England. A masterful cabaret singer and stage performer, Elisabeth Welch was one of the African Americans born near the turn of the twentieth century who made their careers abroad.

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  8. Mar 24, 2018 · A masterful cabaret singer and stage performer, Elisabeth Welch was one of the African Americans born near the turn of the twentieth century who made their careers abroad. In her case, this decision to work overseas seems not to have been so much a deliberate choice as it was a matter of the availability of work.

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