Clarice Vance

Clarice Vance née Clara Etta Black (March 14, 1870 – August 24, 1961),[1] "The Southern Singer" was an American vaudeville personality from the late 19th century to about 1917.

Gumble was a well known songwriter along with his brother, Albert, but is remembered today as the man who gave George Gershwin his first job plugging songs at Remick.

[citation needed] Recent research into Pike County, Ohio census records indicate that Clarice's mother's name was Mary Vance, solving the riddle of her stage name.

His services were terminated in early 1928[2] and discovered by his wife, "former vaudeville actress Clarice Vance" to have asphyxiated himself on February 5, 1928, in their apartment at 35 East 15th St. Manhattan, New York.

She shared the bill with the leading headliners of the day and her impish face appears on dozens of sheet music covers from 1897 to 1914.

In the early 1920s, she appeared briefly in movies in character parts and slid into total oblivion, but according to the 1935 California voters registration, she was living in San Francisco, listing her profession as "dramatic coach" and residing at 1045 Bush Street.