May de Sousa
Encyclopedia
May de Sousa was a singer and a Broadway
actress.
The daughter of a Chicago
policeman, she came to fame in 1898 as the singer of "Dear Midnight of Love", a ballad by Bathhouse John Coughlin.
She retired in 1918 and moved to Shanghai
. In 1943 she returned to the United States in a state of poverty, and died in a Chicago charity ward at the age of 66.
Broadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
actress.
The daughter of a Chicago
Chicago
Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...
policeman, she came to fame in 1898 as the singer of "Dear Midnight of Love", a ballad by Bathhouse John Coughlin.
She retired in 1918 and moved to Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
. In 1943 she returned to the United States in a state of poverty, and died in a Chicago charity ward at the age of 66.