Bert Savoy

Bert Savoy
Born
Everett McKenzie

(1876-01-07)January 7, 1876
Boston, Massachusetts, US
DiedJune 23, 1923(1923-06-23) (aged 47)
Long Beach, Long Island, New York, US
Resting placeWoodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York
OccupationVaudeville performer
Known forFemale impersonation

Bert Savoy (January 7, 1876 or 1888 – June 26, 1923), born Everett McKenzie, was an American entertainer who specialized in cross-dressing as a vaudeville act. His comedic skits contributed to popular culture with phrases such as "You slay me" and "You don't know the half of it."[1][2]

Biography

Savoy often partnered with Jay Brennan on Broadway. Playbill lists Savoy and Brennan appearing on Broadway in Miss 1917, Ziegfeld Follies 1918, The Greenwich Village Follies of 1920 and The Greenwich Follies of 1922.[3] Savoy's drag queen mannerisms were an inspiration for Mae West. Savoy was a rival of sorts to the more famous Julian Eltinge, and his star was on the rise when he was struck and killed by lightning while on the beach at Long Beach, Long Island, New York.[4] There are several reports of his last words, one being that after a clap of thunder, he said "Mercy, ain't Miss God cutting up something awful?"[5] Savoy is buried at the Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx, New York.

Savoy was the subject of an abstract painting by Charles Demuth, part of a series of abstract, "poster portraits" of friends and acquaintances of the artist, the most famous being I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold. The painting Calla Lilies (Bert Savoy) makes coded references to Savoy's death and life: the wave, seashell and calla lilies to his death, but the flowers also having a well-known symbolism representing sexual orientations, such as bisexuality and homosexuality.[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ Boyd, Nan Alamilla (2003). Wide-Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965. Berkeley: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520244740.
  2. ^ Imig, Nate (June 6, 2022). "Tracing the roots of Wisconsin's drag history, dating back to the 1880s". Radio Milwaukee. Retrieved October 27, 2022.
  3. ^ Bert Savoy. Playbill.
  4. ^ Doyle, J.D. (ed.). "More Bert Savoy..." queermusicheritage.com.
  5. ^ 2 ACTORS KILLED BY LIGHTINING IN STORM ON BEACH. Syracuse Herald. June 27, 1923. Retrieved June 18, 2015 – via queermusicheritage.com.
  6. ^ Demuth, Charles (1926). Calla Lilies (Bert Savoy).

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