Brief facts:
Birth Date: 1897 (Birthday Countdown)
Death Date: 3 January 1950
Death Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Nationality: American

Biographical Notes:
Tess played the role of Queenie in the Broadway production of "Show Boat" in 1927 in blackface! Despite she was white (and Italian) her stage name was "Aunt Jemima", which she performed in blackface. She died in 1950 because of diabetes.