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Mercer, Ginger (Elizabeth Meltzer), 1909-1994

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1909 - 1994

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Ginger Mercer collection

 Collection
Identifier: M003
Abstract: Ginger Mercer was born Elizabeth Meltzer on June 25, 1909 in Brooklyn, New York, one of three daughters born to Anna and Joseph Meltzer. While a member of the cast of the Garrick Gaieties of 1930 Ginger met an aspiring actor named Johnny Mercer, her future husband, who had moved to New York from Savannah, Georgia to try his hand at a show business career. Following her husband's death, Ginger traveled widely and spent much of her time promoting her Johnny...
Dates: circa 1960-1983

Ober family papers

 Collection
Identifier: M157
Abstract:

The Ober family lived near Johnny Mercer and his family on Lido Isle (Newport Beach, California) in the 1950s and 1960s. The two families became close friends. The collection contains correspondence, photographs, and other printed and manuscript materials, documenting the long relationship between the families, as well as collected material relating to Johnny Mercer, 1976-2000.

Dates: 1952-2000

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  • Subject: Lyricists X

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Los Angeles (Calif.) 1
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caps (headgear) 1
clippings (information artifacts) 1
correspondence 1