George Christy | |
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Born | 6 November 1827
![]() Palmyra ![]() |
Died | 12 May 1868
![]() New York ![]() |
Occupation |
Actor
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George N. Christy (born George Harrington) (November 6, 1827 – May 12, 1868) was one of the leading blackface performers during the early years of the blackface minstrel show in the 1840s. [1]
Born in Palmyra, New York, his career began as a star performer with his stepfather Edwin Pearce Christy's troupe Christy's Minstrels; in two and a half years with them he earned $19,680, a fortune for those times. [2] [3] Jim Comer credits him with inventing "the line", the structured grouping that constituted the first act of the standardized 3-act minstrel show, with the interlocutor in the middle and "Mr. Tambo" and "Mr. Bones" on the ends. [4]
He died in New York City from cerebral edema in 1868.
George Christy | |
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![]() | |
Born | 6 November 1827
![]() Palmyra ![]() |
Died | 12 May 1868
![]() New York ![]() |
Occupation |
Actor
![]() |
George N. Christy (born George Harrington) (November 6, 1827 – May 12, 1868) was one of the leading blackface performers during the early years of the blackface minstrel show in the 1840s. [1]
Born in Palmyra, New York, his career began as a star performer with his stepfather Edwin Pearce Christy's troupe Christy's Minstrels; in two and a half years with them he earned $19,680, a fortune for those times. [2] [3] Jim Comer credits him with inventing "the line", the structured grouping that constituted the first act of the standardized 3-act minstrel show, with the interlocutor in the middle and "Mr. Tambo" and "Mr. Bones" on the ends. [4]
He died in New York City from cerebral edema in 1868.