Mattie Wilkes
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Mattie Vera Wilkes was an African American theater and film actress who appeared in vaudeville shows and films from the 1890s through the 1920s. Beginning as the prima donna for the Williams & Walker
Poster of Mattie Wilkes circa 1899
George Walker (vaudeville)
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George Walker was an American vaudevillian, actor, and producer. While in San Francisco during 1893, Walker at the age of 20 met Bert Williams, who was a year younger. The two young men became perform
Mattie Wilkes
…in vaudeville shows and films from the 1890s through the 1920s. Beginning as the prima donna for the Williams & Walker Company (Bert Williams and George Walker) in the 1890s, she starred in multiple vaudeville performances as a soprano singer. She would go on to perform in multiple shows alongside Ernest Hogan…
George Walker, stage comedian
Williams & Walker
Cover of the song "Bon Bon Buddy" that closed Act 2 of the 1908 musical "Bandanna Land". Bert Williams is in the photo on the lower left; George Walker on the lower right