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Gladys Bentley

( August 12, 1907 - January 18, 1960 )

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Video

From Groucho Marx TV Show
"You Bet Your Life," May 1958

Photos

Above postcard dates post-1937, as that is when Bentley relocated to California,
and the typing on the sides was done on the original image and not on this card,
with the interesting spelling, or misspelling, of "piana"

   

    

Above, from Groucho Marx video

Above, Bentley and bandleader Willie Bryant, April 17, 1936
Below, Ubangi Club images

Ubangi Club, though Gladys doesn't appear to be in photo

Below, from an eBay auction I lost...

Below, "noisemakers" from the club, for audience to show appreciation for
the performers, and no, I don't own it, it went for a Lot of money on eBay

Below, souvenir photo card

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