Alice Gentle

Alice Gentle (née True, later Proebstel; June 30, 1877/1878 – February 28, 1958) was an American operatic mezzo-soprano.

She sang roles with the MOC and with Hammerstein's Philadelphia Opera Company through 1910; including Emilia in Otello, the First maid in Elektra, Flora in La traviata, Lola in Cavalleria rusticana, Maddalena in Rigoletto, Nicklausse in The Tales of Hoffmann, and Siébel in Faust among others.

She sang one season at the Metropolitan Opera, making her debut with the company in 1918 as Preziosilla in La forza del destino.

She appeared in three films during the early 1930s: Song of the Flame (1930), Golden Dawn (1930), and Flying Down to Rio (1933).

In 1940, she made her final stage appearance at the Los Angeles Civic Light Opera as Mrs. Cripps in H.M.S.

Alice Gentle in 1918 on the telephone
Gentle (second from left) in a scene from the 1930 film Song of the Flame .