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Barbette
Deceased

How Did Barbette Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 75
NationalityUnited StatesBorn19/12/1897Died05/08/1973 (aged 75)Died inAustinCausedrug overdoseWikidataQ807829 ↗Buried atRound Rock CemeteryTMDb#121368 ↗

Vander Clyde Broadway, stage name Barbette, was an American female impersonator, high-wire performer, and trapeze artist born in Texas. Barbette attained great popularity throughout the United States but his greatest fame came in Europe and especially Paris, in the 1920s and 1930s.

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Filmography1 title

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1961Night TideMovieMan Talking at Bar64