Andrew Tribble

His brother quit the business and Andrew eventually moved to the city's well known and black-owned Pekin Theatre, where he initially performed with his wife Bessie.

[5][4] Tribble, sometimes referred to as "Andy",[6] went on to perform a variety of female characters, One of his most popular was Lilly White, a washerwoman,[2] in Johnson and Cole's "Red Moon" (1908–1910).

[9] With the Smart Set, a travelling comedy show, Tribble received good reviews as "the irrepressible Babe Johnson", Dudley's performing partner.

In 1928, he created his own successful comedy revue, "Ophelia Snow from Baltimo", which also featured blues singer Clara Smith.

[5][12] Tribble's character Ophelia was described as "a single-minded woman, careless, kindly, tough and above all desirous for an affair of the heart just the same as her sisters blessed with more beauty."

"[17][18] That same year, Tribble acted in the 1931 film, "The Darktown Revue", directed by African American filmmaker Oscar Micheaux.

"[20] In 1934, he was cast as "Flatfoot Mobly" in the three-act comedic play "Brain Sweat" by John C. Brownelle at the Longacre Theater on Broadway, which received positive reviews.

[21] Also in 1934, he appeared at the Apollo Theater accompanying jazz great Fletcher Henderson in a radio skit with Eddie Hunter and Speedy Smith.

[3] In 1953, Ida Forsyne listed Tribble in a column for the New York Age as one of the 'spotlight immortals' she remembered performing with early in her career.