Elvira Amazar, known as Vera Amazar or Elaine Amazar, was a Serbian-born Russian-American soprano singer and actress.
12 Facts About Elvira Amazar
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Elvira Amazar was the subject of the first photograph described as "cheesecake", in 1917.
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Elvira Amazar was orphaned as a small girl, when both parents died during a strike.
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Elvira Amazar moved to the United States during World War I, a member of the Boston National Opera Company and a client of the Bel Canto Music Bureau.
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Elvira Amazar sued her lover, baritone Georges Baklanoff, for an assault while they were on a Pacific Coast tour in 1917.
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Elvira Amazar appeared in three silent films, The Volcano, As a Man Thinks, and L'Aviateur Masque.
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In 1925, Elvira Amazar was in the cast of another revue, Sinners of 1925, in New York.
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Elvira Amazar was known for wearing short skirts and high heels, and is often mentioned in connection with the term "cheesecake".
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Elvira Amazar was involved with a married colleague, George Baklanoff, for several years.
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Elvira Amazar became a citizen of the United States in 1929.
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Elvira Amazar had a daughter, Tatiana Amazar, born in Russia, who became a cookbook author and food editor.
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Elvira Amazar died in New York City in 1971, in her seventies.