May de Sousa

May de Sousa (c. 1882 – August 1948^[1]) was a singer and a Broadway actress.^[2]

The daughter of a Chicago policeman, she came to fame in 1898 as the singer of "Dear Midnight of Love", a ballad by Bathhouse John Coughlin.^[3]

She retired in 1918 and moved to Shanghai. In 1943 she returned to the United States in a state of poverty, and died in a Chicago charity ward at the age of 66.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Milestones". Time. August 23, 1948. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,799036,00.html. Retrieved June 1, 2010. 
2. ^ "New York To See "Dollar Princess". Charles Frohman Gets American Rights And Expects To Make A Hit. Wants May De Sousa In It. She Is Now Playing Engagement in Berlin Offered Her Just as She Was Sailing for This Country.". New York Times. April 24, 1908. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A03EFDE1631E233A25757C2A9629C946997D6CF. Retrieved 2010-03-14. 
3. ^ Casey, Robert J. (2007) [1952]. Chicago Medium Rare. pp. 18, 241. ISBN 9781406758191. http://books.google.com.au/books?id=g-1ZsREG3-QC&pg=PA18. Retrieved June 1, 2010. 

External links

• May de Sousa at the Internet Broadway Database

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