Queenie Smith: Up On "Tip Toes"
Queenie Smith (1898-1978) was a familiar character actress well into the 1970s, with a career that had begun over a half-century earlier. Sounds like a blues singer, right? A mix of Mamie Smith, Bessie Smith, and Queenie from Show Boat, played at various times by the likes of Aunt Jemima (Tess Gardella), Hattie McDaniel, and […]