Dates: June 3, 1906 -- April 12, 1975
Also Known As: Tumpie, Black Venus, Black Pearl, Freda Josephine McDonald (born as)
Dancing and Dreaming
On June 3, 1906, Freda Josephine McDonald was born illegitimately to Carrie McDonald (a laundress) and Eddie Carson (a vaudeville drummer), on Gratiot Street in St.
