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Bessie McCoy Davis

ActorBorn 1888, died 1931On stage 1917 to 19194 productions on this page

Bessie McCoy Davis

Bessie McCoy (born Elizabeth Genevieve McEvoy; May 17, 1888 – August 16, 1931) was an American vaudeville entertainer, best known for her 1908 hit song and dance routine "The Yama Yama Man", for which she became known as "The Yama Yama Girl".

On stage

4 productions, 2 years
1917
Miss 1917Broadway Century Theatre. Original. Directed by Ned Wayburn
72 performances
1919
Greenwich Village FolliesOff-Broadway Greenwich Village Theatre. Original. Directed by John Murray Anderson
232 performances
1919
Morris Gest's "Midnight Whirl"Broadway Century Grove. Original. Directed by Julian Mitchell
68 performances
1919
The Greenwich Village Follies [1919]Broadway Greenwich Village Theatre. Original
232 performances

Worked with more than once

7 names
  • Rita Zalmani 2 productions
  • Rex Story 2 productions
  • Minnie Harrison 2 productions
  • May Leslie 2 productions
  • Margaret Morris 2 productions
  • James Watts 2 productions
  • Cecil Cunningham 2 productions

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