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Violet Murray has been a fixture in Toronto show business since the '20s
Violet Murray has been a fixture in Toronto show business since the '20s

Violet Murray has been a fixture in Toronto show business since the '20s

Date5/9/1977
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Original Toronto Star caption: Violet Murray has been a fixture in Toronto show business since the '20s. The Glasgow-born singer-dancer can still belt out the old music hall numbers, just as she did yesterday afternoon at the Ontario Film Institute's senior citizen program.
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ProvenanceFrom the Toronto Star Archives
CollectionToronto Star Photograph Archive
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Copyright HolderToronto Star (Firm)
Call Number / Accession NumberTSPA_0070328F
In Nightclubs . . . She's Claudette, in her early 20s and already a show business veteran of sorts-as one of the first go-go dancers in Toronto. Tall (...)
In Nightclubs . . . She's Claudette, in her early 20s and already a show business veteran of sorts-as one of the first go-go dancers in Toronto. Tall (...)
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20s, Show off slim arms while you can
20s, Show off slim arms while you can
11/7/1990
Floor Show. Singer Violet Murray, who's in her 80s, struts her stuff for the 40th straight year at the annual outpatient Christmas party at Toronto Ge(...)
Floor Show. Singer Violet Murray, who's in her 80s, struts her stuff for the 40th straight year at the annual outpatient Christmas party at Toronto Ge(...)
1/5/1979
Kitchen has been decorated in north Italian s, Oven and grille are in centre fixture, surrounded by Italian tile with [Incomplete]
Kitchen has been decorated in north Italian s, Oven and grille are in centre fixture, surrounded by Italian tile with [Incomplete]
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Murray Ross has been president of York University since it began 10 years ago and has helped make it an instant success
Murray Ross has been president of York University since it began 10 years ago and has helped make it an instant success
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Great legs, Violet Murray, at 75, doesn't hesitate to pick up a song or show off her legs
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End of an era: Don Felora, 67, who has been slinging beer at the Wheat Sheaf Tavern since he was 20, is retiring today, and the tavern's regular patrons say they'll miss him.
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Rejean Proulx, a 20-year-old university student from Hearst who has been blind since birth, reads with an Optecon machine at the Canadian National Ins(...)
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Ivy league: Back in the '20s, Brantford's Public Library, a venerable ivy-covered institution on a quiet shady street, was an ideal place to go on a hot summer day - especially if one owned an automobile.
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