Cox, Etta Green

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St. Joseph Museums

Name/Title

Cox, Etta Green

Entry/Object ID

9999.BHF.259

Scope and Content

Cox, Etta Green St. Joseph News-Press April 24, 1992; Native of City delivers song in recent film. Etta Green Cox St. Joseph has a small role as a singer in the movie "Cemetery Club". The song is "There Will Never Be Another You". Cox was a 1966 graduate of Bishop LeBlond High school. She was the first black woman to be Miss St. Joseph. There is a brochure of Dowe's restaurant where Etta Cox performed. It is in Pittsburgh where she lived. There is also a list of her performances and the role she played in each performance. On that list is also the commercials she did and the nightclubs she performed in. On the marked page in the 1968 Miss Missouri Scholarship Pageant book is a picture of Etta as Miss Saint Joseph. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette June 30, 1989. Christopher Rawson wrote an article about Etta Cox . She was playing the Lady from the road. He also writes about her early years as a student. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette article by Mike Kalina. Etta played in many clubs in the Pittsburgh area. She was voted best jazz vocalist in Pittsburgh. She was a kindergarten teacher in St. Louis. Meet The P.J.S. Board Al Dowe written by Bill Rasp tells about his group. He had a quintet that became a regular at the Landmark in Pittsburgh. Etta Cox attended a session he liked her and she became a member of the quintet. They played all the Pittsburgh Jazz spots Pittsburgh Post-Gazette June 23, 1989 is a photocopy picture of Etta Cox in the cast of "Blues in the Night". The lioness share of the comedy goes to Cox. St. Joseph News-Press under the column People and places written by Phyllis Wright is an article about Etta Cox. She had visited her parents and her sister Florence Boldride in Lawrence, Kansas. She is on the staff of "Channel 17. a cablevision station in Pittsburg. Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is a picture of Etta Cox and other theater stars who perform at Hartwood. In this folder are CD's that Etta Cox sent to the St. Joseph Museum. St. Joseph News-Press April 19, 1972 is a photocopy or Etta Green Cox. The picture was taken during an interview at the Palace Theater in St. Louis, Missouri where she is a star this summer at Six Flags Over Mid-America. The second picture she ad libbed an often-quoted television commercial "I can't believe I ate the whole thing" during her feature role in "Hello Dolly the Frog Hop Ballroom in St. Joseph. There is a photocopy of Etta's mother Mrs. Green.

Collection

Black Archives

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Black Singers, Black History, Black Soloists, Cox, Etta

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Object Name

File, Folder

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Oct 1, 2013

Relationships

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Florence Boldride

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Etta Cox Green

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Al Dowe

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Etta Cox Green

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Mrs. Green

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Mike Kalina

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Bill Rasp

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Christopher Rawson

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Wright, Phillis