Gypsy Norman(1889-1985)
- Actress
The daughter of an American living abroad, Aedita Stuart grew up in
France and was known as a great beauty. First married to a French
nobleman who died in World War I, the widowed Countess de Beaumont went
on the stage as a dancer and actress, using the name "Gypsy Norman",
performing both on Broadway and in vaudeville from 1921. She was
married to her second husband, cartoonist Bud Fisher, by the captain of
the ocean liner "Leviathan"; although the marriage lasted only a few
months, she was Fisher's sole heir and after his death, owned the
copyright to his comic strip "Mutt and Jeff", which afforded her a
comfortable retirement.