Allan, Maud

Variant names

Dates:

Birth 1873-08-27

Death 1956-10-07

Biographical notes:

Epithet: dancer

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Biography

Maud Allan was born in Toronto, Canada in 1883; raised in San Francisco, California; performing debut, Vienna, 1903; best known solo performance, The vision of Salome, 1908; toured India in 1913, Southeast Asia in 1913 and 1923, South America from 1919 to 1920, and the U.S.; had a school in England beginning in 1928; died in Los Angeles, October 7, 1956.

From the guide to the Maud Allan Papers, 1910-1934, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Dept. of Special Collections.)