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Rosetta Duncan(1894-1959)

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Rosetta Duncan
Composer, songwriter ("Rememb'ring") and entertainer, one of The Duncan Sisters. She played Topsy in the Broadway musical "Topsy and Eva" for which she wrote songs. With her sister, she also appeared in "Doing Our Bit", "She's a Good Fellow", and "Tip Top", and also in vaudeville. Joining ASCAP in 1942, her other popular-song compositions include "I Never Had a Mammy", "Do Re Mi", "The Moon Am Shinin'", and "Someday Soon".
BornNovember 23, 1894
DiedDecember 4, 1959(65)
BornNovember 23, 1894
DiedDecember 4, 1959(65)
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  • Awards
    • 1 win total

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Known for

Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan in La grande vie (1929)
La grande vie
5.9
  • Casey Hogan
  • 1929
Rosetta Duncan, Vivian Duncan, and Gibson Gowland in Topsy and Eva (1927)
Topsy and Eva
7.6
  • Topsy
  • 1927
Surprise! (1935)
Surprise!
6.4
Short
  • Rosie
  • 'Topsy'(as Duncan Sisters)
  • 1935
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
7.6
TV Series
  • Ma Malone

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Actress



  • Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok (1951)
    Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok
    7.6
    TV Series
    • Ma Malone
    • 1958
  • Surprise! (1935)
    Surprise!
    6.4
    Short
    • Rosie
    • 'Topsy' (as Duncan Sisters)
    • 1935
  • Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan in La grande vie (1929)
    La grande vie
    5.9
    • Casey Hogan
    • 1929
  • W.C. Fields and Chester Conklin in Two Flaming Youths (1927)
    Two Flaming Youths
    6.2
    • Rosetta Duncam (uncredited)
    • 1927
  • Rosetta Duncan, Vivian Duncan, and Gibson Gowland in Topsy and Eva (1927)
    Topsy and Eva
    7.6
    • Topsy
    • 1927

Soundtrack



  • The Liberace Show (1952)
    The Liberace Show
    7.8
    TV Series
    • performer: "Rememb'ring"
    • writer: "Rememb'ring"
    • 1954
  • Surprise! (1935)
    Surprise!
    6.4
    Short
    • performer: "Dixie Is Calling", "I'm Don Bolero Vasquero Bolero", "If the Volga Flowed Through Dixie", "Sweet Music", "Chi mi frena in tal momento?" (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Richard Barthelmess, Tom Brown, and Sally Eilers in Central Airport (1933)
    Central Airport
    6.2
    • writer: "Rememb'ring" (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • Rosetta Duncan and Vivian Duncan in La grande vie (1929)
    La grande vie
    5.9
    • performer: "I'm Following You", "I'm Sailing on a Sunbeam!", "Hoosier Hop", "It's An Old Spanish Custom", "Tell Me Dirty Maiden" (comic version of "Tell Me Pretty Maiden"), "Ach, du lieber Augustin" (uncredited)
    • 1929

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • The Duncan Sisters
  • Height
    • 1.63 m
  • Born
    • November 23, 1894
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  • Died
    • December 4, 1959
    • Berwyn, Illinois, USA(road accident)
  • Relatives
      Evelyn Duncan(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Stage and vaudeville actress.
  • Publicity listings
    • 14 Articles
    • 1 Magazine Cover Photo

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    Interred at Forest Lawn (Glendale), Glendale, California, USA, in the Whispering Pines section, right next to the Finding of Moses statue/pond.

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