Ada Smith was an American dancer, born in 1894 in Alderson, who died in 1984.
Biography
Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia "Bricktop" Smith DuConge (née Smith; August 14, 1894 – February 1, 1984) was an American dancer, jazz singer, vaudevillian, and self-described saloon-keeper who owned the famous nightclub Chez Bricktop in Paris from 1924 to 1961, as well as clubs in Mexico City and Rome.
From the Wikipedia article “Ada "Bricktop" Smith”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Contemporaries
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First Lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961
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