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Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith (August 14, 1894 – February 1, 1984), better known as Bricktop, was an American dancer, jazz singer, vaudevillian, and self-described saloon-keeper who owned the famous nightclub "Chez Bricktop" in Paris from 1924 to 1961, as well as clubs in Mexico City and Rome.
Apr 30, 2024 · Ada “Bricktop” Smith (1894-1984) was an actress, singer, nightclub owner and international celebrity host.
Jan 6, 2013 · Ada Beatrice Queen Victoria Louise Virginia Smith (“Bricktop”), vaudevillian actress, singer, nightclub owner, and international celebrity host, was born August 14, 1894 in Alderson, West Virginia, to Thomas and Hattie Thompson Smith.
Ada Smith, better known as Bricktop was an American dancer, singer, vaudevillian, and self-described saloon-keeper who owned the nightclub Chez Bricktop in P...
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In the 1920s and 1930s, Ada “Bricktop” Smith reigned as the grande dame of the Paris nightclub scene. T.S. Eliot wrote a poem for her, and she was a muse to the novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald ...
One such was Ada Smith, also known as Bricktop. She began dancing and singing as a child in Chicago where her mother moved after her father's death in 1898. Hattie Smith, who had been born into slavery around 1861, ran rooming houses and worked as a maid.
May 1, 2020 · Ada ‘Bricktop’ Smith was a saloonkeeper, actress, singer, nightclub owner, and international celebrity host who opened nightclubs in Paris and Rome.
