Tina Corri
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March 11, 1885
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| Born | Annie Clementina Corri March 11, 1885 Dublin, Ireland |
| Died | May 3, 1930 (aged 65) Atlanta, Georgia, US |
| Occupations | opera singer and actress |
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Annie Clementina Corri Burch (March 11, 1865 - May 3, 1930), known professionally as Tina Corri, was an Italian actress and singer.[1] She was also the mother of vaudevillian's Val Stanton and Ernie Stanton.
She made her performing debut at the age of 7 with Mademoiselle Beatrice at the Drury Lane Theatre in London. Her first appearance in a news article was in 1887 as Miss Clem Tina Corri; which featured her assisting her husband, Walter Stanton in his act. They both collaborated acts most of the time.[2][3]
Tina was known for her deep singing voice. She sometimes appeared as a male impersonator. In the 1890s she was usually described as "The vivacious little soubrette"[4]
Around 1895, she started a new act featuring her oldest son, Val who was around 9 at the time called "Tina and Val Corri" which they continued after immigrating to the United States to Chicago in 1898.[5]
Also around that time she joined the Tony Pastor Company; and remained a member for several years.[6]
She eventually retired from her stage work in the mid 1910s.[7]
Early life
She was born on March 11, 1865 in Dublin, Ireland to Valentine Corri, a landscape painter, drawing teacher, and also an exhibitor at the Royal Hibernian Academy in Dublin, and Annie Wilson (better known as Annie Parker) who was an actress in the stock company of the Queen's Theatre also in Dublin.[8] She also had 6 other siblings.