Annette Bade

Annette M. Bade (March 22, 1900 – September 1975) was an American stage performer, best known as a Ziegfeld girl.

Annette Bade
Annette Bade, of the Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic, from a 1921 publication.
BornMarch 22, 1900
New York City, U.S.
DiedSeptember 1975 (aged 75)
Florida, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
OccupationShowgirl, actress
Spouse(s)
Alfred Clarence Mace Jr.
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(m. 1924; died 1934)​
Children1

Early life

Bade was born in New York City, the daughter of William Bade and Lillian C. Bade. Her parents were in show business, as were her grandparents.[1]

Career

Annette Bade was a milliner's model as a young woman.[2] Her Broadway credits included roles in The Century Girl (1916-1917), Words and Music (1917-1918), Aphrodite (1919), Morris Gest's Midnight Whirl (1919-1920),[3] Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1921), Ziegfeld 9 O'Clock Frolic (1921), Ziegfeld Frolic (1922),[4] Cold Feet (1923),[5] and Vogues of 1924 (1924).[6][7] She was also in one silent film, A Woman's Business (1920). She appeared as a fashion model,[8] and was one of the actress clients of British designer Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon.[9] Critic George Jean Nathan quipped, "I venerate Molière, and Annette Bade's legs."[10] Another critic described her as "slim, fair, youthful, and possessing a voice somewhere between a whine and a whisper."[3]

Personal life

Annette Bade married advertising executive Alfred Clarence Mace Jr. He died in 1934.[11][12][13] Bade, who was always described as petite in stature,[14] had a daughter, Anne Catherine Mace (1925–1980), who was over six feet tall; she also became a showgirl.[1][15][16] Annette Bade died in 1975, in Florida.

References
  1. "Annette Bade". Daily News. May 6, 1956. p. 9. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. Mantle, Burns (April 1919). "What's What on Broadway". The Green Book Magazine. 21: 505.
  3. Hammond, Percy (June 8, 1920). "The Century Midnight Whirl". Chicago Tribune. p. 21. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Now We Know the Reason Why". The Philadelphia Inquirer. January 1, 1922. p. 55. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Thorold, W. J.; ), Arthur Hornblow (Jr; Maxwell, Perriton; Beach, Stewart (July 1923). "Cold Feet". Theatre Magazine. 38: 16.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. Pollack, Howard (2007-01-15). George Gershwin: His Life and Work. University of California Press. pp. 242–243. ISBN 9780520933149.
  7. Brideson, Cynthia; Brideson, Sara (2015-05-06). Ziegfeld and His Follies: A Biography of Broadway's Greatest Producer. University Press of Kentucky. p. 452. ISBN 9780813160900.
  8. Bonwit Teller (August 1921). "Forerunners of Fall Fashions". Arts & Decoration. 15: 232.
  9. Finamore, M. Tolini (2013-01-28). Hollywood Before Glamour: Fashion in American Silent Film. Springer. ISBN 9780230389496.
  10. Hanemann, Henry William (April 1921). "The Latest Books". Life. p. 567. Retrieved August 1, 2019.
  11. "Mace". Chicago Tribune. July 7, 1934. p. 18. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Tall, Blonde Bride". The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 9, 1943. p. 148. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Alfred C. Mace". Daily News. July 7, 1934. p. 273. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Annette Bade". Daily News. May 20, 1923. p. 42. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. "New York's Favorite Show Girl is Six Feet Three". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. July 27, 1941. p. 67. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. Bade Mace, Annette (December 7, 1941). "Showgirl's Scrapbook". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 136. Retrieved August 1, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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