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Aubrey Lyles

Book Writer, ActorBorn 1884, died 1932On stage 1912 to 19314 productions on this page

Aubrey Lyles
Charles Gordon Saxton

Aubrey Lee Lyles (8 January 1884 – 28 July 1932), sometimes credited as A. L. Lyles, was an American vaudeville performer, playwright, songwriter, and lyricist. He appeared with Flournoy E. Miller as Miller and Lyles as a popular African-American comedy duo from 1905 until shortly before his death. in 1929 they appeared on film as grocers in the Vitaphone Varieties short comedy film They Know Their Groceries.

On stage

4 productions, 19 years
1912
The Charity GirlBroadway Globe Theatre. Original. Directed by George W. Lederer
21 performances
1921
Shuffle AlongBroadway 63rd St. Music Hall. Original. Directed by Walter Brooks
504 performances
1928
Keep Shufflin'Broadway Dalys 63rd Street Theatre. Original. Directed by Clarence Robinson
104 performances
1931
Sugar HillBroadway Forrest Theatre. Original
11 performances

Worked with more than once

6 names
  • Flournoy Miller 3 productions
  • Jennie Day 2 productions
  • Ina Duncan 2 productions
  • Gussie Williams 2 productions
  • Evelyn Irving 2 productions
  • Edna Ellington 2 productions

Also credited on

2 works

Irene
Sally

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