Ella Shields
Ella Shields | |
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Ella Shields, in top hat and tails, Sydney, 1930 - 1933 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ella Catherine Buscher |
| Also known as | Burlington Bertie |
| Born | September 27, 1879 Baltimore, Maryland, U.S. |
| Died | August 5, 1952 (aged 72) Lancaster, Lancashire, England |
| Genres | Music hall |
| Years active | 1898–1952 |
| Spouse(s) |
John Thomas Keaveney
(m. 1895, divorced)Theodore Darwin Middaugh
(m. 1900; div. 1904)Frederick S. Buck (m. 1924) |
| Children | 1; Susan Catherine Middaugh |
Ella Shields (born Ella Catherine Buscher; 27 September 1879 – 5 August 1952) was a music hall singer and male-impersonator. Her famous signature song, "Burlington Bertie from Bow", a parody of Vesta Tilley's "Burlington Bertie", written by her third husband, William Hargreaves, was an immediate hit. Though American-born, Shields achieved her greatest success in England.