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Blanche L. Merrill (born Blanche V. Dreyfoos; July 22/23, 1883 – October 5, 1966) was a songwriter specializing in tailoring her characterizations to specific performers. She is best known for the songs she wrote for Fanny Brice.
- October 5, 1966, New York City New York, U.S.
- songwriter
- American
- Blanche V. Dreyfoos, July 22/July 23, 1883, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Blanche Howard was born in Poughkeepsie, New York, to James Henry Howard and his wife Martha May Humphrey.There was performance blood in her from the beginning. Her uncle, Ed Abrams, played both bass and tuba in the famous minstrel troupe run by Lew Dockstader, and another uncle, John Abrams, a violinist, also conducted and led orchestras in the Bronx, as well as later on 42nd Street in ...
Around 1915, he married Blanche Merrill (née Howard). Smith and Merrill are thought to have separated before Smith joined the army in 1917, where he served as a corporal. But they were listed in the 1920 census as living together in Newark, New Jersey.
- William Henry Joseph Bonaparte Bertholf Smith
- April 18, 1973 (aged 79), New York City, U.S.
- November 23, 1893, Goshen, New York, U.S.
Nov 14, 2018 · Aside from Brice’s performance, a unifying factor of these humorous songs is the lyricist, Blanche Merrill. Though practically forgotten today, a century ago during the heyday of vaudeville, Blanche Merrill (1883-1966) was one of the most well-known lyricists and creators of vaudeville acts.
Nov 25, 2016 · Before he had reached the age of 20, he was performing in both New York and in Atlantic City, before heading off to France in November 1917 with the U.S. 350th Field Artillery. By then, he had already married Blanche Howard Merrill, a white woman. They soon separated, but apparently never divorced.
- David B. Green
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Blanche Merrill was born on 23 July 1895 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She was a writer, known for Bluebeard's Seven Wives (1925) and Me and Orson Welles (2008). She died on 5 October 1966 in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, New York, USA.
