Tempest, Florence (c. 1891–?)

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Tempest, Florence (c. 1891–?)

American dancer. Name variations: Florenze Tempest. Born Claire Lillian Ijames, c. 1891, in Richmond, VA; sister of Mary Ijames, known professionally as Marion Sunshine.

Made performance debut with sister Marion Sunshine in The Two Little Waifs (1901); headlined vaudeville with sister for years as "Tempest and Sunshine"; on Broadway, received acclaim for portrayal of The Candy Kid in Little Nemo (1908); also appeared in Ziegfeld Follies of 1907 and H.M.S. Pinafore (1911); danced in numerous vaudeville shows without sister, including College Town (1913), Our American Boy (1914) and One of the Boys (1915).