Annette Bade
American showgirl and actress
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Annette Margaret Bade (March 22, 1900 – September 2, 1975)[1] was an American stage performer, best known as a Ziegfeld girl.
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Annette Bade | |
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Annette Bade, of the Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic, from a 1921 publication. | |
| Born | March 22, 1900 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | September 2, 1975 (aged 75) Broward, Florida, U.S. |
| Other names | Annette Mace Annette Rose |
| Occupations | Showgirl, actress |
| Years active | 1916–1924 |
| Spouses | Alfred Clarence Mace Jr.
(m. 1924; died 1934)Irving Rose (m. 1944) |
| Children | 1 |
Early life
Career
Annette Bade was a milliner's model as a young woman.[4] Her Broadway credits included roles in The Century Girl (1916–1917), Words and Music (1917–1918), Aphrodite (1919), Morris Gest's Midnight Whirl (1919–1920),[5] Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic (1921), Ziegfeld 9 O'Clock Frolic (1921), Ziegfeld Frolic (1922),[6] Cold Feet (1923),[7] and Vogues of 1924 (1924).[8][9] She was also in one silent film, A Woman's Business (1920). She appeared as a fashion model,[10] and was one of the actress clients of British designer Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon.[11] Critic George Jean Nathan quipped, "I venerate Molière, and Annette Bade's legs."[12] Another critic described her as "slim, fair, youthful, and possessing a voice somewhere between a whine and a whisper."[5]
Personal life
Annette Bade married advertising executive Alfred Clarence Mace Jr. He died in 1934.[13][14][15] Bade, who was always described as petite in stature,[16] had a daughter, Anne Catherine Mace (1925–1980), who was over six feet tall; she also became a showgirl.[2][17][18] Bade applied for a marriage license with Irving Rose on May 6, 1944, in Manhattan.[19] In the 1940 census, Bade listed her occupation as saleslady.[3]
She died on September 2, 1975, in Florida.