Ethel Levey (November 22, 1880 – February 27, 1955), born Grace Ethelia Fowler, was an American actress, dancer, and singer in musical theatre and on the vaudeville stage.
[1] Levey made her professional debut in San Francisco, in Charles H. Hoyt's A Milk White Flag in 1897.
[2] After their divorce, her Broadway appearances included roles in Nearly a Hero (1908),[3] Watch Your Step (1914), Go Easy, Mabel (1922), Sunny River (1941), and Marinka (1945).
[1][5][6] Irving Berlin recalled Levey's slower interpretation of his "Alexander's Ragtime Band": "I remember how upset I was at her rendition of it.
[19][20] In 1942 she unsuccessfully sued Warner Brothers for invasion of privacy over Yankee Doodle Dandy, a film biography of George M. Cohan.