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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. Elisabeth Welch. 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. Sophisticated, glamorous and charming, her appearances were a refreshing departure from the stereotype of black women ...

    • Actress, Soundtrack
    • February 27, 1904
    • Elisabeth Welch
    • July 15, 2003
  3. Birth name. Elisabeth Margaret Welsh. Height. 5′ 4″ (1.63 m) Mini Bio. 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
  4. Jul 17, 2003 · Obituary. Elisabeth Welch. Charismatic theatre and cabaret singer who made London her home after starring in America. Michael Freedland. Wed 16 Jul 2003 21.23 EDT. Elisabeth Welch, who has...

  5. Jul 18, 2003 · July 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 Britain's...

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  7. Elisabeth Welch was a Black chanteuse singer and dancer who started her career as a child in New York and Paris. She sang in nightclubs, cabaret, and musicals, and starred in films and TV shows. She was known for her signature tune Solomon and her one-woman show A Marvellous Party. She died in 2003 at age 99.

  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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