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Annie Oakley
| Oakley, Annie, 1860-1926, American theatrical performer, b. Darke co.,
Ohio.
Her original name was Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee. From childhood on she was a "dead shot" with a rifle. She defeated in contest the noted marksman and vaudeville star Frank E. Butler, who subsequently married her and became her manager and assistant. As a major attraction (1885-1902) of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show she performed remarkable feats of marksmanship. In 1901 she was partially paralyzed in a railroad accident but continued to delight audiences with her brilliant shooting for 20 years. Her life was the basis for Irving Berlin's popular musical Annie Get Your Gun (1946). See biography by W. Havighurst (1954). |
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Annie Oakley aka Phoebe Anne Mozee |
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Legends of the West (Annie Oakley) - Courtney Ryley Cooper Bulls-eye A Photo biography of Annie Oakley - Sue Macy Books for sale at the Nutley Historical Society For Annie Oakley artifacts and history, please visit the Nutley Museum, maintained by the Nutley Historical Society.
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