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Bessie Coffman 1905 - 1974

Bessie Coffman of Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri was born on March 28, 1905, and died at age 69 years old in December 1974.

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Buffalo, Dallas County, Missouri 65622
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In 1905, in the year that Bessie Coffman was born, the first movie theater opened in the United States in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was the first theater to show nothing but movies - silent films. Two men, John P. Harris and his brother-in-law Harry Davis, opened the Nickelodeon on Smithfield Street - charging 5 cents for admission. The first day, 450 people watched movies at the new theater - on the second day, more than 1500 people stood in line to get in.
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In 1927, at the age of 22 years old, Bessie was alive when the first "talkie" (a movie with music, songs, and talking), The Jazz Singer, was released. Al Jolson starred as a cantor's son who instead of following in his father's footsteps as expected, becomes a singer of popular songs. Banished by his father, they reconcile on his father's deathbed. It was a tear-jerker and audiences went wild - especially when they heard the songs. Thus begun the demise of silent films and the rise of "talkies".
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Coffman, Bessie (Oct 19, 1891 - Apr 1975) Coffman, Bessie (Mar 7, 1897 - Nov 20, 1990) Coffman, Bessie (Apr 8, 1901 - May 1984) Coffman, Bessie (Feb 17, 1917 - Feb 1972) Coffman, Bessie (Oct 3, 1895 - Jun 1970) Coffman, Bessie (Jul 11, 1892 - Jan 1971) Coffman, Bessie (Jun 19, 1894 - Oct 1986) Coffman, Bessie (Feb 1, 1903 - Mar 1996) Coffman, Bessie (Feb 9, 1884 - Mar 1977) Coffman, Bessie (Apr 20, 1882 - Jun 15, 1971)
Coffman, Bessie (May 21, 1907 - Nov 1984) Coffman, Bessie (Jul 11, 1908 - May 31, 1990) Coffman, Bessie (Sep 11, 1933 - Jul 10, 2004) Coffman, Bessie (Nov 23, 1899 - May 1976) Coffman, Bessie (Aug 22, 1904 - Jul 8, 2005) Coffman, Bessie (Apr 25, 1891 - Mar 1978) Coffman, Bessie (Aug 17, 1913 - Jul 1983) Coffman, Bessie (Oct 31, 1910 - Mar 22, 1993) Coffman, Bessie (Mar 2, 1885 - Feb 1980) Coffman, Bessie (May 5, 1898 - Nov 1973)

Other Coffman Family Biographies

Coffman, John (Died 1965) Coffman, Mildred Beatrice (Born May 26, 1877) Coffman, Jacob (Feb 10, 1808 - 1894) Coffman, Rebecca (Dec 28, 1807 - 1892) Coffman, Lester (Nov 6, 1889 - Feb 1965) Coffman, Lester (Feb 28, 1912 - Sep 7, 1993) Coffman, Morphia (Jun 30, 1921 - Apr 21, 2010) Coffman, Natalie (Mar 9, 1923 - Jan 1993) Coffman, Elizabeth (Jul 12, 1915 - Dec 16, 2010) Coffman, Gay (Jan 26, 1934 - Mar 5, 2010)
Coffman, Helen (Nov 17, 1901 - Apr 1978) Coffman, Edith (Jul 31, 1907 - Jan 1, 2004) Coffman, Jay (Nov 17, 1928 - Dec 12, 2006) Coffman, Robert (Jul 25, 1950 - Jul 29, 2005) Coffman, Brenda (Jan 29, 1951 - May 29, 2008) Coffman, Lowell (Mar 5, 1896 - Sep 1967) Coffman, Raymond (Jun 25, 1924 - Sep 14, 1988) Coffman, Gertrude (Jul 6, 1936 - Jun 21, 2006) Coffman, Stefi (Aug 2, 1948 - Oct 14, 2004) Coffman, Herbert (Mar 23, 1919 - Sep 26, 1999)
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