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Francis Leon
American minstrel performer (1844–1922) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Francis Leon (born Francis Patrick Glassey; November 21, 1844 – August 19, 1922 [1] was an American vaudevillian actor best known as a blackface minstrel performer and female impersonator.[2] He was largely responsible for making the prima donna a fixture of blackface minstrelsy.
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