06/15/1861
Libeň, Bohemia, Austrian Empire [now Prague, Czech Republic]:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ernestine Schumann-Heink was a Czech-born German-American operatic contralto of German Bohemian descent. She was noted for the size, beauty, tonal richness, flexibility and wide range of her voice.
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The Golden Twenties (1950) as Self (archive footage) |
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Here's to Romance (1935) as Mme. Schumann-Heink |
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The Wedding March (1928) as |
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Mme. Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1927) as |
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Mabel and Fatty Viewing the World's Fair at San Francisco (1915) as Herself |