Olga 'Ollie' Burgoyne was a talented performer who appeared briefly during the early 1900s. Burgoyne was born on June 13, 1878, in Chicago, Illinois, her ethnicity was part Russian and part Creole. Before joining the British-based cast of 'In Dahomey,' an operetta written by Bert Williams and George Walker, she was a well-known performer throughout […]

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