Norma Terris
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Norma Terris was an American performer in musical theatre and vaudeville.
Terris, circa 1929
Show Boat
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Show Boat is a musical with music by Jerome Kern and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It is based on Edna Ferber's best-selling 1926 novel of the same name. The musical follows the lives of th
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…Europe. Terris was known for her impersonations of popular public figures. She originated the roles of Magnolia in the original Broadway production of Show Boat in 1927. She reprised her role in the first New York revival of the show in 1932. However, she was not selected to reprise her role in the 1929 part-talkie…
Original sheet music for "Ol' Man River" from Show Boat
Cover of the novel
Nell Brinkley's "Impressions of Ziegfeld's Show Boat"
Scene from the original Broadway production