Nan Halperin was a Russian immigrant to the USA who became a well-known singing comedian.
She played in vaudeville at an early age, and later starred in musical comedies on Broadway such as Little Jessie James (1923).
Halperin in 1915
Nan Halperin in 1917
Little Jessie James was a musical farce that was the biggest hit of the 1923-24 Broadway season.
Poster by the Works Progress Administration as part of the Federal Theatre Project