Performers starting with D

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

List of Performers Starting with D

Performer Name	Type of Act	Dates Performed	Weeks	Seasons	Notes
Daisy and Wilson	Aerial act	June 12-18, 1921	1	1
Daly and Kelso	Blackface performance	May 21-27, 1905	1	1
The Four Dancing Harrises	Dancing	June 17-23, 1906	1	1
The Dancing Heiresses	Bicycling stunts	Aug. 6-12, 1905	1	1	Also known as the Four Dancing Heiresses
Tegge and Daniel	German comedy	July 30-Aug. 5, 1899	1	1
Walter Daniels	Impersonation	July 1-7, 1906	1	1
Daredevil Doherty	Bicycling stunts	Aug. 12-19, 1906 May 25-June 1, 1924	2	2
Daredevil Johnnie Reynolds	Balancing act	June 4-10, 1922	1	1	Also performed a stunt at the Shoot-the-Chutes
Dare-Devil Wilson	Roller skating	June 19-25, 1921	1	1
Darmody	Comedy juggling	June 3-9, 1900	1	1
Darrell	Bassoon solo	Aug. 5-11, 1907	1	1
James and Davis	Singing and comedy	Sept. 10-17, 1905	1	1
Bessie Davis	Singing	June 18-24, 1899	1	1
Harry Davis	Euphonium performance	June 5-11, 1904	1	1	Played a duet with Eugene Wack for the week of June 5, 1904
The Dancing Dawsons	Dancing	Aug. 18-24, 1901	1	1
Dawson, Lamgan, and Covert	Dancing	May 27-June 3, 1917	1	1	Also known as Dancing Phiends
Will M. Cressy and Blanche Dayne	Sketches	June 5-11, 1904	1	1	Known as Cressy and Dayne
De Onzo and McDonald	Acrobatic and barrel act	June 17-23, 1906	1	1
Emmet De Voy and Co.	Sketches	July 10-16, 1904	1	1
Juan De Zemora	Outdoor aerial act	June 30-July 6, 1901	1	1	Performed with the Watson Sisters in 1901
Edwin and Kittie Deagon	Comedy, illustrated songs, stereopticon pictures	June 18-24, 1899	1	1
Haight and Dean	Sketches	Aug. 13-19, 1905	1	1
Vane and DeClairville	Acrobatics	Aug. 19-Sept. 1, 1907	2	1
Kenyon and DeGarmo	Gymnast and balancing act	Aug. 7-13, 1904	1	1
DeHollis and Velora	Juggling	May 20-26, 1900	1	1
Misses Delmore [or Delmont]	Musical act	Sept. 6-12, 1903	1	1
Delmore and Darrell	Acrobatics	June 10-16, 1906	1	1
Harris and DeLoss	Acrobatic dancing	May 21-27, 1905	1	1
Arthur Deming	Sketches	June 24-30, 1900	1	1
Demure, Null and Void	Dancing, singing, and acrobatics	June 17-23, 1923	1	1
Desmob and Miller	Dancing and singing	Aug. 13-19, 1905	1	1
Desperate Desmond	Zipline stunt	July and August 1912		1	Performed the "Slide for Life"; Also a name of a comic strip in the Columbus Dispatch
Devaux and Devaux	Musical act	Aug. 13-19, 1905	1	1
Herbert Deveau	Comedy and cartoons	June 3-9, 1906	1	1
Cassad and DeVerne	Comedy sketches	Sept. 10-17, 1905	1	1
Frank C. Young and Bessie Devoie	Soft shoe dancing	June 11-17, 1899 July 30-Aug. 5, 1905	2	2	Known as Young and Devoie
Ameta DeVries	Electric dancing	June 3-16, 1900	2	2	Known as the Dancing Queen, electric dances called the Dance of Fire and Parisian Illusions
Harvey and Devura	A "kid act"	May 20-26, 1906	1	1
Diana	Light and mirror dancing	June 4-17, 1899	2	1	Known as the international "Queen of Light" and the "Myriad Mirror Queen"
Diavolo	Stunt cycling	July 30-Aug. 19, 1905 July 29-Aug. 19, 1906	6	2	Performed by Conn Baker and G. F. Matthiessen
Dick and Dick	European pantomime act	July 17-23, 1904	1	1
Dicton	Juggling	Sept. 6-12, 1903	1	1
Kolb and Dill	German comedy	Aug. 20-26, 1899	1	1
Dilla and Templeton	Contortionist act	May 28-June 3, 1905	1	1
Campbell, Dillon, and Campbell	Music act	Sept. 3-9, 1905	1	1
The Great Dilworth Family	Acrobatics	July 8-14, 1900	1	1	Also billed as "The Great Delworth Troupe"
Dixon, Bowers, and Dixon		May 22-28, 1904	1	1
Dixon, Bowers, and Leon	Acrobatics	July 30-Aug. 5, 1905	1	1
Cromwell Dixon	Aeronaut act	July 4-7, 1907 July 21-Aug. 4, 1907	3	1	Rode a skycycle around the park and north Columbus
Dizzio	Head balancing	July 17-23, 1921	1	1
Will Dockery	Blackface performance	May 13-19, 1903	1	1
John Donahue and Mattie Nichols	Acrobatic singing and dancing	July 7-13, 1901 Sept. 1-7, 1901	2	1	Known as Donahue and Nichols
Doniti		May 27-June 3, 1917	1	1
The Donovans	Musical comedy	Aug. 27-Sept. 2, 1899	1	1
Frannie Donivan	Singing and monologue	Sept. 6-12, 1903	1	1
James B. Donovan	Monologue	July 3-9, 1904	1	1
Larry Dooley and Charles Kent	Singing	July 14-20, 1901	1	1	Known as Dooley and Kent
Ansel and Dorain	Hand-balancing	June 14-21, 1908	1	1
The Dorothea Sisters	Singing and dancing	July 24-30, 1904	1	1
Viggo and Dorothy	Dancing	May 27-June 2, 1923	1	1
C. C. Doughty		Aug. 31-Sept. 5, 1903	1	1
Dowd and Snyder	Blackface performance	Aug. 20-26, 1905	1	1
Joseph J. and Myra Dowling	Comedy sketches	Aug. 12-19, 1906	1	1
Robert Downing and Co.	Sketches	May 28-June 3, 1899	1	1	Company had six people
Patsy Doyle	Dancing	Sept. 4-6, 1904 June 4-10, 1917	2	2	Known as "Dancing Doyle"
Charles W. Leonard and Ethel Drake	Sketches	Aug. 21-27, 1904	1	1
Manning and Drew	Comedy sketches	July 16-22, 1905	1	1
Maxwell and Dudley	Singing	July 14-20, 1901	1	1
Kasten, Duey, and Kasten	Blackface performance	July 30-Aug. 5, 1899 June 17-23, 1900	2	2
The Duffin and Redgay Troupe	Acrobatics	Aug. 12, 1907 Sept. 2, 1907	2	1	Performed the "Loop-the-Loop" bicycle stunt, also billed as "Great Duffin and Redcay Troupe"
Crawford and Duffy	Comedy sketches	July 17-23, 1904	1	1
Duffy, Sawtelle, and Duffy	Sketches	June 5-11, 1904	1	1
Dunbar's Educated Goats	Animal act	May 27-June 2, 1906	1	1
Collins and Dunbar	Singing and dancing	May 26-June 3, 1922	1	1
Russell and Dunbar	Blackface performance	Aug. 4-10, 1901 Sept. 11-18, 1904	2	2
A. O. Duncan	Ventriloquist act	July 10-16, 1904	1	1
O'Brien and Dunio	Irish Comedy	June 26-July 1, 1905	1	1
Mary Dupont and Co.	Sketches	Aug. 28-Sept. 3, 1904	1	1
Annette Duvall	Singing	June 10-16, 1906	1	1