Laura Bowman

American actress · Female

1 film · 1 show

Laura Bowman was an American actress, musician, and dancer. Born in Quincy, Illinois, and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, she began her career as a singer and dancer in the Williams and Walker Co. in 1902. With that organization she performed in the chorus of the landmark Broadway musical In Dahomey (1903), and later performed the role of Cecilia Lightfoot in the UK production of that musical in 1904 opposite her second husband Pete Hampton as Cicero Lightfoot. With Hampton she performed and recorded as a singer and banjoist. They worked together in their act Darktown Entertainer which toured predominantly in Europe from 1903 through 1914. They also toured in the United States and Russia. Wikipedia ↗