1. Cora Green was an American actress, singer, and dancer, billed as "The Famous Creole Singer".
11 Facts About Cora Green
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Cora Green sang in Harlem with blueswoman Mattie Hite in 1914.
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Cora Green was part of the Panama Trio with Florence Mills and Ada "Bricktop" Smith at the Panama Club in Chicago, until the club was closed in early 1917.
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Cora Green had vaudeville acts with Hamtree Harrington and Earl Dancer, and appeared in two revues on Broadway, Strut, Miss Lizzie and Dixie to Broadway.
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Cora Green was billed as "Harlem torch singer Cora Green" in a 1933 show in Washington, DC.
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Cora Green sang on a national radio program titled Negro Achievement Hour in 1929.
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Cora Green starred in two musical films, Oscar Micheaux's Swing, and Edgar G Ulmer's Moon Over Harlem.
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Cora Green appeared in a musical short, Cora Green: The Famous Creole Singer.
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Cora Green attempted suicide in 1918, and divorced Dancer in 1919, but they were working together in 1929, and were said to be planning a reunion in 1949.
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Cora Green was in a relationship with musician Horace Henderson in 1932.
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Nothing else is known of Cora Green following news of her planned remarriage to Earl Dancer in 1949 or when she died.