Ethel Moses was an American stage and film actress, and dancer.
12 Facts About Ethel Moses
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Ethel Moses was born on April 29,1904, in Staunton, Virginia, the daughter of William Henry Moses and Julia Trent Moses.
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Ethel Moses attended the Nannie Helen Burroughs School in the District of Columbia.
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Ethel Moses's aunt, Lena Trent Gordon, was a Philadelphia-area political organizer who served on a national committee with Burroughs.
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Ethel Moses won a beauty contest at the Savoy Hotel in 1926.
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In 1929 Ethel Moses was voted the "Shapeliest Chorus Girl" on the New York stage; her sister Lucia placed second in the same poll.
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Ethel Moses was in the company of a Broadway revival of Showboat in 1932.
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Ethel Moses danced at the Cotton Club, and toured Europe with the Cab Calloway band.
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Ethel Moses appeared in several musical shorts, including Cab Calloway's Jitterbug Party.
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Ethel Moses married Benny Payne, a pianist in Cab Calloway's band.
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Ethel Moses died in 1982, in Brooklyn, aged 78 years.
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Ethel Moses's nephew is Bob Moses, a civil rights activist and educator.