The Clarice Vance Mystery

What happened to this once bright star of vaudeville?

Clarice Vance, ca. 1914 Explore the mysterious and tragic life of this sparkling vaudeville actress and singer who mysteriously dropped out of sight, lived her last years in a mental facility, died a lonesome death, and was barely remembered with a single-paragraph obituary. Grave site of Clarice Vance
The Clarice Vance story . . .

Hear her earliest known sound recording . . .

Was Clarice Vance an extra in this 1936 Warner Brother's film?   You decide.

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