Jue Quon Tai

Jue Quon Tai (December 21, 1898 - September 24, 1991) was a Chinese-American vaudeville performer.^[1]

Jue Quon Tai in 1915

She was born in California on December 21, 1896, or December 21, 1898, and sometimes used the Americanized name Rose Eleanor Jue^[2] or Rose Eleanor Jewel.^[3] Her mother was Bertha "Bertie" Eng Jue (1876-1955) and her father was Jue Sue a prominent figure in Portland's Chinatown.^{[4] [5]} Her younger sister, So Tai Jue (November 18, 1899 - August 5, 1998) was also a vaudeville performer. So Tai Jue, also called Alice Jue or Alice Jewell, was known as the "voice of the orient".^[1] Jue Quon Tai also had two brothers, Charles and Herbert Jue, and an older sister, Leona Mary Jue.^[6]

She worked in vaudeville in Portland, Oregon, and at the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco.^[1] She began performing at the Pantages Theatre in April 1915, receiving positive reviews.^[7] She attended the Panama–Pacific International Exposition later that year and then went to New York City.^[8]

She performed in Silks and Satins on Broadway from July 15, 1920, to September 4, 1920.^[9] She was billed as performing at the New York Hippodrome in 1925.^[10]

In 1927 she married Harry Lachman. Her husband died in 1975.^[11]

She died on September 24, 1991, under the name "Quon T. Lachman" and "Quon Tai Lachman" in Beverly Hills, California.