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  1. Florence Foster Jenkins (born Narcissa Florence Foster; July 19, 1868 – November 26, 1944) was an American socialite and amateur soprano who became known, and mocked, for her flamboyant performance costumes and notably poor singing ability.

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  3. May 9, 2024 · Florence Foster Jenkins was an American amateur soprano, music lover, philanthropist, and socialite who gained fame for her notoriously off-pitch voice. She became a word-of-mouth sensation in the 1940s through her self-funded performances in New York City.

  4. Florence Foster Jenkins was an American amateur soprano, socialite, and philanthropist. She was a rich woman who began financing her own shows in the 1920s, hoping to become a star, despite her total lack of musical talent.

  5. Jul 9, 2020 · In 1944, independently wealthy socialite Florence Foster Jenkins made her Carnegie Hall debut. The rest is history.

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  6. Aug 10, 2016 · Florence Foster Jenkins, known for her lack of skill as a singer, photographed in the 1920s. A new film starring Meryl Streep, which opens in the U.S. Friday, tells the improbable story of ...

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  7. Jul 2, 2021 · Florence Foster Jenkins, played by Meryl Streep in the 2016 biopic, was an American socialite and aspiring coloratura soprano. But everyone who went to her concerts was in on a strange joke: she was an absolutely terrible singer.

  8. Aug 17, 2016 · “Florence! Foster!! Jenkins!!!,” a charming biography by Darryl W. Bullock, tells the story of the world’s worst opera singer.

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