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Overview
Date of Birth:
Trivia:
Ms. Gardella was a white Italian-American stage performer, but her usual... more
Alternate Names:
Tess 'Aunt Jemima' Gardella | Aunt Jemima
Filmography
Soundtrack:
- Vitaphone Troupers (1936) (performer: "Clementine (from New Orleans)" (uncredited))
- Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) (performer: "I'm Laughin'")
- Rambling 'Round Radio Row #4 (1932) (performer: "I Have Nobody")
... aka Rambling 'Round Radio Row - Show Boat (1929) (performer: "C'mon Folks" (Queenie's Ballyhoo) (1927) (uncredited), "Hey, Feller!" (1927) (uncredited))
- Aunt Jemima: The Original Fun Flour Maker (1927) (performer: "My Idea of Heaven" (uncredited), "(That's the Reason) I Wish I Was in Dixie" (uncredited), "One Sweet Letter from You" (uncredited), "Everybody Stomp" (uncredited), "I Was Born in Virginia" (uncredited))
Actress:
- Big Time Revue (1946) (as Aunt Jemima)
- A Swing Opera (1939) (as Tess 'Aunt Jemima' Gardella) .... The Gypsy Queen
- Stand Up and Cheer! (1934) (as Aunt Jemima) .... Aunt Jemima
- Show Boat (1929) (as Aunt Jemima) .... Queenie [prologue]
Self:
- Vitaphone Troupers (1936) (as Aunt Jemima) .... Herself
- Rambling 'Round Radio Row #4 (1932) (as Aunt Jemima) .... Herself
... aka Rambling 'Round Radio Row - Aunt Jemima: The Original Fun Flour Maker (1927) (as Aunt Jemima) .... Herself/Singer
Archive Footage:
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"Broadway: The American Musical"
- Give My Regards to Broadway: 1893-1927 (2004) TV episode .... Queenie -
"Biography"
- Great Ziegfeld (1996) TV episode .... Queenie in 'Show Boat' - The Show Boat Story (1988) (TV) (uncredited) .... Queenie (silent home movie footage from 1932 revival)
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