Performers starting with B

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Below is a list of performers (vaudeville, stunts, outdoor shows, etc.) that start with B (act name or last name) and the dates they performed.

List of Performers Starting with B

Performer Name	Type of Act	Dates Performed	Weeks	Seasons	Notes
Baby Lund	Singing and child act	July 29-Aug. 4, 1900 July 24-30, 1904	2	2	Known as "The Cherub," full name was Pearl Lund
Baby Marcella Caldwell	Singing	June 2-6, 1914	1	1
The Four Bakers	Blackface performance	Aug. 23-29, 1903	1	1
Baker and Baker	Sketches	June 11-17, 1922	1	1
Baker and Lynn	Musical and German comedy	Aug. 5-11, 1900	1	1
Peter Baker	German comedy and yodeling	Aug. 20-26, 1899 July 1-7, 1900	2	2
Balcom and Sherman		May 27-June 3, 1917	1	1
Edwin Keough and Dorothy Ballard	Sketches	Aug. 11-17, 1901	1	1	Known as Keough and Ballard
Hayes and Bandy	Dancing comedy	Aug. 26-Sept. 1, 1900	1	1
Adele Bantini	Dancing	June 2-6, 1914	1	1	Worked with husband, George W. Smith
The Barlow Minstrels	Minstrel performace	Aug. 13-20, 1899 Aug. 25-31, 1901	2	2	Made of 28 blackface performers
Paul Barnes	Monologue and singing	July 31-Aug. 6, 1904	1	1
Stuart Barnes and Mabel Sisson	Musical act	Aug. 6-12, 1899 June 16-22, 1901	2	2	Known as Barnes and Sission
Steve Barrian	Blackface performance	May 12-16, 1914	1	1
Richard Barry and Virginia Johnson	Comedy sketches	July 9-15, 1905	1	1	Known as Barry and Johnson
Maurice Barrymore	Sketches	Aug. 26-Sept. 1, 1900	1	1
Mason and Bart	Acrobatics	Aug. 5-11, 1907	1	1
Bartholomew's Famous Trained Horses	Animal Act	June 2-8, 1901	1	1
Russell Bassett	Baritone singing	July 28-Aug. 3, 1901	1	1
Bean and Hamilton	Line barrel jumping	July 3-9, 1904	1	1
The Beautiful Ballet Unique	Singing and dancing	May 22-28, 1904	1	1	Singing and dancing by eight girls
Gruet, Beers, and Gruet	Gymnast act	July 2-8, 1899	1	1
Ferguson and Beeson	Singing and dancing	June 12-18, 1904	1	1
Belle Viola	Comedy and contortionist act	Aug. 12-19, 1906	1	1
The Three Belmonts	Clowning and stunts	July 15-21, 1923	1	1
Belmont and Weston	Travesty artists	Sept. 2-8, 1900	1	1
Marsh and Belt		July 22-28, 1923	1	1
The Musical Bennetts	Musical act	July 1-7, 1906	1	1
Musical Bentley	Xylophone performance	May 22-28, 1904	1	1
The Benton Brothers	Acrobatics	June 12-18, 1921	1	1
The Berlo Sisters	High diving and swimming	July 29-Aug. 5, 1917	1	1
Frank Berry and Jack Hughes	Musical comedy	June 25-July 1, 1899	1	1	Known as Berry and Hughes
Bertina and Brockway	Singing and dancing	Aug. 12-19, 1906	1	1
The Five Flying Bicketts	Acrobatics	June 18-July 2, 1899 July 6-13, 1908	3	2	Comprised of one man and four women
Bicknell	Lightning clay modeling	June 18-24, 1899 July 2-8, 1899	2	1
Kitty Bingham	Singing	May 28-June 3, 1905	1	1
The Bimm, Bomm, Brrr Trio	Musical act	Aug. 23-Sept. 5, 1903	2	1	Act involved xylophones and revolving electric wheel
Iler, Birk, and McDonald	Acrobatics	June 4-10, 1899	1	1
E. Carson Blair	Conjuring	May 12-16, 1914	1	1
Blake and Bishop's Dog and Monkey Circus	Animal act	Aug. 5-11, 1900	1	1
Loredo and Blake	Acrobatics	May 29-June 4, 1904	1	1
The Blanchard Troup	Tumbling and hand balancing	Aug. 20-26, 1922	1	1
Blancheon	Dancing saxophone performance	Aug. 5-11, 1923	1	1
Howard and Bland	Sketches	June 11-17, 1899 July 15-21, 1900	2	2
The Bluches	Comedy Sketches	Aug. 17-23, 1918	1	1
Frederick Bond and Co.		May 15-21, 1904	1	1
George E. Boniface, Jr.	Comedy sketches	Aug. 7-13, 1904	1	1	Performed with Bertha Waltzinger in 1904
The Bootblack Quartet	Singing, comedy, and dancing	July 1-7, 1906	1	1	Composed of Eli Beroullette, Arthur Carlton, Charles Weber, and Max Hayes
The Brothers Borani	Contortionist act	Sept. 10-16, 1899	1	1
Borani and Nevaro	Sketches	July 24-Aug. 6, 1904	2	1
Nibble and Bordeaux	Comedy sketches	Aug. 19-25, 1907	1	1
Harry Botter and Co.	Comedy sketches	May 27-June 2, 1906	1	1
Zinnell and Boutelle	Singing and comedy	May 27-June 2, 1906	1	1
Dixon, Bowers, and Dixon		May 22-28, 1904 July 30-Aug. 5, 1905	2	2
Frank Bowman	Monologue and comedy	July 17-23, 1904	1	1
Eddie Giguere and Blanche Boyer	Comedy sketches	Sept. 10-16, 1899	1	1	Known as Giguere and Boyer
Brandon and Regene	Contortion and ring act	Aug. 6-12, 1899	1	1
The Bright Brothers	Outdoor athletics	Sept. 1-7, 1901	1	1
Billy Broad	Blackface performance	Aug. 26-Sept. 8, 1907	2	1	Known as "The Wandering Minstrel"
Brown and Bartoletti	Comedy sketches	June 19-25, 1904	1	1
Harry A. Brown	Monologue and rapid crayon act	July 22-28, 1900	1	1
Brunnel and Kimberly	Comedy sketches	Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 1904	1	1
Raymond and Bryant	Acrobatics and dancing	Sept. 9-15, 1900	1	1
The Buckeye Comedy Four	Comedy sketches	May 12-16, 1914	1	1
The Buckeye Trio	Comedy grotesque acrobatic and contortionist act	Sept. 13-20, 1903	1	1
Bunth and Rudd Co.	Acrobatics	June 16-22, 1901	1	1
Musical Burke's Comedy Piano Players	Piano performance	May 20-26, 1906	1	1
Crowley and Burke		Aug. 12-18, 1923	1	1
Arminta and James M. Burke	Acrobatics	June 24-20, 1906	1	1
Raymond Finlay and Lottie Burke		June 26-July 2, 1904	1	1	Known as Finlay and Burke
Lillian Burkhart and Co.	Sketches	July 28-Aug. 3, 1901	1	1
The O'Rourke and Burnette Trio	Dancing	Aug. 16-22, 1903 Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 1903	2	1
Sophie Burnham	Soprano singing	June 26-July 2, 1904	1	1
Anna Burt	Wire walking	Sept. 11-18, 1904	1	1
Laura Burt	Sketches	Aug. 20-26, 1899	1	1
Nellie Burt	Singing and dancing comedy	Sept. 11-18, 1904	1	1
The Great Burtinos	Wire act	Aug. 2, 1911		1
Burton and Brooks	Comedy sketches	July 10-16, 1904 June 26-July 1, 1905	2	2
Bush and Elliott	Acrobatics	Sept. 2-8, 1907	1	1
Bush and Gordon	Acrobatics	July 9-15, 1905	1	1
Herman and Byers	Pantomime act	Aug. 6-12, 1905	1	1