Karyl Norman

George Francis Peduzzi (June 13, 1897 – August 25, 1947), known professionally as Karyl Norman, was an American female impersonator who was popular in vaudeville, nightclubs, and on Broadway in the 1920s.

[1] He left home at the age of 16, joined Neil O'Brien's Minstrels[2] and began performing vaudeville on the US West Coast.

[6] One critic wrote: "Not only does this impersonator wear his feminine toggery in tiptop shape, but has a voice that fools 'em at the start.

The actress Fifi D'Orsay described Norman as "...a great performer... a wonderful guy, beloved and respected by everybody, although he was a gay boy... it was harder for them than it is today.

In 1942, he put on an All American Male Revue, starring Niles Marsh, at the Castle Farms Night Club in Lima, Ohio.

"Seems he had done a benefit for some charity she was interested in, and she ‘owed him one.’" [3] Norman died in Hollywood, Florida, on August 25, 1947, at the age of 50.