Edna Thomas

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Born in Virginia and educated in Boston, she arrived in New York in the 1910s, working as a secretary for Madam C. J. Walker, which introduced her to Harlem’s theatre world. Her debut with the Lafayette Players led to a steady presence in all-Black vaudeville and Broadway, with credits in Turn to the Right, Porgy, and a 1925 Broadway appearance that brought roles with the Alhambra Players and the…