George Christy, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetGeorge Christy
American actor
Date of Birth: 06-Nov-1827
Date of Death: 12-May-1868
Profession: actor, stage actor
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About George Christy
- George N.
- Christy (born George Harrington) (November 6, 1827 – May 12, 1868) was one of the leading blackface performers during the early years of the blackface minstrel show in the 1840s.Born in Palmyra, New York, his career began as a star performer with his stepfather E.
- P.
- Christy's troupe Christy's Minstrels; in two and a half years with them he earned $19,680, a fortune for those times.
- Jim Comer credits him with inventing "the line", the structured grouping that constituted the first act of the standardized 3-act minstrel show, with the interlocutor in the middle and "Mr.
- Tambo" and "Mr.
- Bones" on the ends.He died in New York City from cerebral edema in 1868.
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