Francis Leon

Francis Leon (born Francis Patrick Glassey; November 21, 1844 – August 19, 1922) was an American vaudevillian actor best known as a blackface minstrel performer and female impersonator. He was largely responsible for making the prima donna a fixture of blackface minstrelsy.

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