Florence Mills
Stage Actress
Vaudeville and Broadway performer who appeared in Shuffle Along and Lew Leslie's Blackbirds. She became their for her renditions of "I'm Cravin' for that Kind of Love" and "I'm a Little Blackbird Looking for a Bluebird."
She and her two sisters formed a vaudeville act called The Mills Sisters.
She died of tuberculosis at the age of thirty-two.
She was born in Washington, D.C. to Nellie Simon and John Winfrey.
She performed in the musical Shuffle Along, which featured music and lyrics by Noble Sissle.