Annabelle (1878–1961)
Annabelle (1878–1961)
American theatrical dancer. Name variations: Annabelle Whitford; Annabelle Moore; Annabelle Whitford Moore Buchan. Born Annabelle Whitford Moore, July 6, 1878, in Chicago, Illinois; died Dec 1, 1961, in Chicago.
Made debut performance as "The Peerless Annabelle" at Chicago Columbian Exposition (1893) as a skirt dancer on point; made several films for Edison Motion Picture Productions and Biograph (1894–97), which won her great popularity, including Butterfly, Fire, Serpentine and Skirt; starred in the 1st Ziegfeld Follies as the "Gibson Girl" (1907), then as the "Nell Brinkley Girl" in a later edition; made last theatrical appearance in The Charity Girl (1912); retired from the stage on marriage.
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