14 Facts About Evelyn Dove

Evelyn Mary Dove was a British singer and actress, who early in her career drew comparisons with Josephine Baker.

Evelyn Dove was featured as a Google Doodle on what would have been her 117th birthday in 2019.

Evelyn Mary Dove was born on 11 January 1902 at the Lying-in Hospital, Endell Street, London, the daughter of leading Sierra Leonean barrister Frans Dove and his English first wife Augusta, nee Winchester, from whom he was later divorced, and who became the first President of the Gold Coast Bar Association.

Evelyn Dove studied singing, piano, and elocution at the Royal Academy of Music from 1917 until 1919, when she graduated, and on 27 September that year married Milton Alphonso Luke in London.

Evelyn Dove was very popular in Italy, where she lived for some years, before in 1932 going to France to replace Josephine Baker starring in a revue at the Casino de Paris.

Evelyn Dove subsequently went to the US, where in 1936 she was the headline cabaret act at the famous Harlem nightclub Connie's Inn.

Evelyn Dove's travels took her to Bombay, India, where on 7 October 1937 The Evening News of India reviewed her opening-night performance at the Harbour Bar:.

Evelyn Dove is an artist of international reputation, one of the leading personalities of Europe's entertainment world.

Evelyn Dove is described as the closest rival of the great Josephine Baker herself.

Evelyn Dove is a contralto with a perfect microphone quality and although I have used her mostly in music of negro origin this has ranged from spirituals to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.

Evelyn Dove is an extremely charming person with a very attractive personality.

Evelyn Dove appeared regularly on such popular music and variety radio programmes as Rhapsody in Black, Calling the West Indies, Variety Bandbox, Music For You, Caribbean Carnival, and Mississippi Nights.

We became friends, but Evelyn Dove's life took a bad turn.

Evelyn Dove died of pneumonia at Horton Hospital in Epsom, Surrey, aged 85, on 7 March 1987, registered as "Evelyn Dove, otherwise Brantley".