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Edward Addison Favor (August 29, 1856 – January 10, 1936),
who was billed as Edward M. Favor or Ed. M. Favor, was an American vaudeville
comedian, singer, musical theatre performer and pioneer recording artist, who
was one of the most popular stars of the late nineteenth and early twentieth
centuries.
He was born in New York, the son of Franklin Cushman Favor
and his wife Lydia, née Lowe. Suggestions that the family name was originally LeFevre
have been discounted.
He began working in vaudeville as a light comedian in about
1876, and in or before 1877 married Edith Sinclair (1857-1942), who had been a
successful child actress. Billed as Favor and Sinclair, the couple worked
together as a duo and in musical comedies. In 1887 they appeared together as
members of the Edith Sinclair Comedy Company in A Box of Cash, in which he
played an Irish-American character. Despite the popularity of his Irish character
roles, there is no evidence that he had any Irish ...
