Davis, Genevieve, 1928-
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Davis, Genevieve Adale.
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Genevieve Adale Davis' performing career lasted from ca. 1911-ca. 1925. Davis was born in Santa Rosa, Calif. in 1893 to John Bell Davis and Sarah Celora McQuaid (aka "Lola" McQuaid). Genevieve, along with her sister Elaine Davis Trussel, began her career working as an extra in films for the Selig Polyscope Studios in Los Angeles. Davis left the Selig studio in 1912, studied voice, and by 1914 was a professional singer and vaudeville performer. She was billed as "The Petite California Prima Donna" and appeared with such acts as The Seven Colonial Belles. She performed with Beatrice Bradner ("Davis & Bradner"), with Lew Fitzgibbon ("Davis & Fitzgibbon"), with composer Ernest R. Ball, and in the productions of Paul Ash and Max Dolin. In 1925, while on tour in Australia, Davis met James Cosh, whom whe would marry the following year. Davis lived in Australia for some years before divorcing Cosh and returning to the United States in 1931.
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