She was born in
New Orleans, Louisiana. Although most sources state that her birth name was
Edna Landreaux, the daughter of Victor Landreaux and Rena Moore, researchers Bob Eagle and Eric LeBlanc suggest that her birth name was
Lucille Landry, the daughter of Victor Landry and Rosa Moore. She is believed to have moved north in her mid-
teens. She was popular in black
vaudeville in the American Midwest in the late 1910s and 1920s, appeared often in Chicago and
Cincinnati, and made recordings for seven different record labels in 1923 and 1924:
Victor,
Vocalion,
Columbia,
Gennett,
Brunswick,
Ajax, and
Paramount. Her most frequent accompanist was
Fletcher Henderson; some of her recordings featured accompaniment by
Porter Grainger and Lemuel Fowler. She is buried at
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in
Worth, Illinois. == Discography ==