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Belle Baker (born Bella Becker; December 25, 1893 in New York City – April 29, 1957, in Los Angeles) was an American singer and actress. Popular throughout the 1910s and 1920s, Baker introduced a number of ragtime and torch songs including Irving Berlin's "Blue Skies" and "My Yiddishe Mama". She performed in the Ziegfeld Follies and introduced a number of Irving Berlin's songs. An early adapter to radio, Baker hosted her own radio show during the 1930s. Eddie Cantor called her “Dinah Shore, Patti Page, Peggy Lee, Judy Garland all rolled into one.”
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GenderFemale
Birthday1893-12-25
Deathday1957-04-28 (63 years old)
Birth NameBella Becker
Birth PlaceNew York City, United States of America
RelationshipsMaurice Abrahams (1919-01-01 - 1931-04-13), Lew Leslie (1913-01-01 - 1918-01-01)
ChildrenHerbert Baker
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
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