 Pauline Markham

Pauline Markham (born Margaret Hall or Hale, May 1847 – March 20, 1919) was an Anglo-American dancer and contralto singer active on burlesque and vaudeville stages during the latter decades of the 19th century.She began by performing juvenile rôles in Manchester, made her debut on the London stage at 20 and a year later New York as a member of the "British Blondes" which introduced Victorian burlesque to America, where for a few years she would find phenomenal success before her career settled into a long steady decline.