Jeni LeGon (1916-2012)

Jeni LeGon, an African-American singer and tap dancer who made it to Hollywood in the 1930s only to wind up playing a long succession of maids in movies—despite her enormous and obvious talents—died on December 7. She was 96.

For more on LeGon's career, see yesterday's obit in The New York Times.

Here is LeGon in a scene from Hooray for Love, from 1935, with Bill Robinson and Fats Waller...