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Louise Gunning
Louise Gunning (April 1, 1879 – July 24, 1960) was an American soprano singer popular on Broadway in Edwardian musical comedy and comic opera from the late 1890s to the eve of the First World War. She was perhaps best remembered as Princess Stephanie of Balaria in the 1911 Broadway production of "The Balkan Princess". During the war years Gunning began to close out her career singing on the vaudeville circuit.
Early life and career.
Gunning was born in Boston, Massachusetts and later lived
Gunning was forced to cancel a European tour and return to America when in 1914 war threatened the continent. In 1915 she began a series of vaudeville singing engagements that would continue into the early 1920s.
Personal life.
In October 1903 Gunning married Frederick Pitney, owner of a New York cab company, and almost to the day two years later, gave birth to a baby girl, Louise Adelaide Pitney. The marriage ended sometime before the midpoint of the following decade. By 1915 Gunning had purchased a ranch in Sierra