Acquanetta: The Venezuelan Volcano
O, if only Acquanetta (1921-2004) had been in vaudeville or burlesque. She had that genius for hype and camp and self-creation. Her real name seems to have been Mildred Davenport but everything else about her is shadowy. She may have been from South Carolina, Pennsylvania, Harlem, or Wyoming, though she gave out that she was […]