BESSIE BROWNING, "THE VIVACITY GIRL", HER HARMON-ON-THE-HUDSON CONNECTION

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For many years, the old-timers tell stories of the assorted "vaudevillians" who made the then-Harmon section of Croton their home.  Some of them achieved a more than modest degree of fame, if not here, than often abroad.

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One of these was Bessie Browning, also known as THE VIVACITY GIRL---and not to be confused with THE ORIGINAL BESSIE BROWNING, a blues singer.

THE VIVACITY GIRL was known for her comedy and "mimicry" of the "rich and sometimes famous". 

According to Vaudeville America, she didn't quite "catch on here"; you can read more about that at http://vaudevilleamerica.org/performance/bessie-browning-5/

Not much more is known about Browning's time here---or where exactly in Harmon she lived---but the Everything Croton Elves will be looking---and presenting more forgotten village Vaudeville troopers when and if they are "re-discovered".

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