May Naudain

Naudain was born in 1880 (although some sources give it as 1872) ^[1] in Burlington, Iowa,^[2] and raised in Omaha, Nebraska,^[3] the daughter of Thomas Nelson Naudain and Mary M. Calloway. Her father was a banker.^[4]

Naudain appeared on Broadway in Babes in Toyland (1903–1904), It Happened in Nordland (1904–1905), Victor Herbert's Concert (1905),^[5] His Majesty (1906), The Little Cherub (1906–1907),^[6][7] The Girl Behind the Counter (1907–1908),^[8][9] The Girls of Gottenberg (1908),^[10] and Katinka (1915–1916).^[11][12] She made a recording, in 1916, of the hit song "Rackety-Coo" from Katinka.^[13] In 1917 she sang on the vaudeville circuit with Anatole Friedland.^[14] She toured o\in vaudeville in 1918.^[15] In 1919 she sang on Broadway with The Society of American Singers in a production of The Gondoliers.^[16]

One writer commented on Naudain's "genuine wholesomeness and refreshing unstaginess".^[17] During World War I she gave benefit concerts and raised money for war bonds.^[18]

Naudain married banker Charles Henry "Harry" George in June, 1909.^[19][20][4] She died from a heart ailment in Jacksonville, Florida, in 1923.^[13][a]