Gracie Deagon | |
|---|---|
| Born | Grace O'Connor Deagon 1893or1894 Lockport, New York, U.S. |
| Died | After 1966 |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, vaudevillian, writer |
| Spouse(s) | Homer Dickinson (m. 1911; div. 1918 m. 1918; div. 1921) |
Grace O'Connor Deagon (1893or1894 [1] ), known professionally as Gracie Deagon, was an American vaudevillian, stage and radio actress and writer, known for her exceptionally unaffected child impersonations, [2] [3] [4] [5]
Raised in Springfield, Ohio, [6] Deagon was a daughter of the then popular vaudeville team Kitty (née Andres [7] ) and Edwin H. Deagon [6] [8] (who also headed their own theatre company [9] ); her uncle was Broadway actor Arthur Deagan. [10]
In 1924, Deagon provided the lyrics to Belle Baker's "Pretending", the first song composed by the already famous singer. [11] [12]
During her vaudeville career, Deagon had three straight men. The first, from 1912 to 1922, was her then husband Homer Dickinson; then came Wilbur—a.k.a. Jack—Mack. [13] [14] [2] Deagan's third and final partner, from 1926 until at least February 1932, was Charlie Cannefax. [15] [16]
In the summer of 1934, Deagon and fellow vaudevillian Jack Usher co-starred in the radio sitcom Babs and Don, scripted by Deagon and airing on the "Nation's Station", WLW in Cincinnati. [17] [18] [19]
Thrice married and thrice divorced, Deagon was the wife of fellow vaudevillian Homer Cissero Dickinson from 1911 to 1918, [20] [21] 1918 to 1921, [22] [23] [24] and 1921 to 1922. [13] They had one child, a son, Homer J. Dickinson. [25]
Predeceased by her son, Deagon was residing in Costa Mesa, California as of April 1967 [26]