George H. Primrose (November 12, 1852 – July 23, 1919) was a Canadian-American entertainer who was a minstrel performer in vaudeville.
[3] In 1871, he linked up in a duo with Bobby McGown, but the partnership was short-lived and the following year he paired with William H. West.
[5] He married Esther Nerney of San Francisco, California in Mount Vernon, New York on April 23, 1904.
Described as "one of America's great blackface minstrels and a popular favorite on the vaudeville stage", a reviewer in Variety referred to him at the age of 66 as "the greatest soft shoe dancer in the world".
[4] Primrose wed for the third time to his secretary, Viola Katherine Trueblood, on April 15, 1916.