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Julian Eltinge (May 14, 1881 – March 7, 1941), born William Julian Dalton, was an American stage and film actor and female impersonator. After appearing in the Boston Cadets Revue at the age of ten in feminine garb, Eltinge garnered notice from producers and made his first appearance on Broadway in 1904.
Mar 1, 2021 · Julian Eltinge was born William Dalton in 1891 in Butte, Montana. He started dressing in drag at a young age and was performing in local saloons by the time he was a teenager.
- David Polk
Apr 6, 2018 · How did Julian Eltinge, a man who was at one point more of a box office draw than even Charlie Chaplin, end up relatively lost in the annals of film and theater history? Well, female impersonation fell out of vogue for a while, for one thing.
- Elyssa Goodman
Julian Eltinge was an American vaudeville star, often called the greatest female impersonator in theatrical history. Eltinge played his first female role at age 10. A graduate of Harvard, he entered vaudeville in 1904, soon commanding one of the highest salaries in show business.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jun 19, 2018 · Long before Divine, Charles Pierce, Craig Russell, Jim Bailey, or any contestant on ‘Drag Race’ brought the art of drag performance to mainstream audiences, there was Julian Eltinge. Although remembered (mostly) by historians of queer history, he has been largely forgotten by the mainstream public.
May 17, 2024 · Eltinge, born William Dalton just outside Boston, started playing female characters and imitating women with his mother's encouragement as a child while his father shuttled his family around the Americas in search of a mining fortune that never materialized.
- Andrew L. Erdman
Jun 24, 2023 · A century ago, this star ‘female impersonator’ made men swoon. 6 min. Broadway performer Julian Eltinge, right, in costume next to actress Mary Pickford during a performance in 1916. (Bettmann...
