Annette Bade


Annette Bade was an American stage performer, best known as a Ziegfeld girl.

Early life

Bade was born in New York City, the daughter of William Bade and Lillian C. Bade. Her parents were in show business, as were her grandparents.

Career

Annette Bade was a milliner's model as a young woman. Her Broadway credits included roles in The Century Girl, Words and Music, Aphrodite, Morris Gest's Midnight Whirl, Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic, Ziegfeld 9 O'Clock Frolic, Ziegfeld Frolic, Cold Feet, and Vogues of 1924. She was also in one silent film, A Woman's Business. She appeared as a fashion model, and was one of the actress clients of British designer Lucy, Lady Duff Gordon. Critic George Jean Nathan quipped, "I venerate Molière, and Annette Bade's legs." Another critic described her as "slim, fair, youthful, and possessing a voice somewhere between a whine and a whisper."

Personal life

Annette Bade married advertising executive Alfred Clarence Mace Jr. He died in 1934. Bade, who was always described as petite in stature, had a daughter, Anne Catherine Mace, who was over six feet tall; she also became a showgirl. Annette Bade died in 1975, in Florida.