Elvira Amazar (1890s â€" February 7, 1971), also known as Vera Amazar
or Elaine Amazar, was a Serbian-born Russian-American soprano singer
and actress. She was also the subject of the first photograph
described as "cheesecake", in 1917.Elvira Amazar was born in Serbia
Her father was a mining engineer. She was orphaned as a small girl,
when both parents died during a strike. Relatives in Poland took her
in, and she was educated in Germany and Moscow. She studied music in
Paris and Milan. Among her teachers were Félia Litvinne and Umberto
Masetti.Amazar began her singing career in Russia, and found further
success in Monte Carlo and Milan. She moved to the United States
during World War I, a member of the Boston National Opera Company and
a client of the Bel Canto Music Bureau. She sued her lover, baritone
Georges Baklanoff, for an assault while they were on a Pacific Coast
tour in 1917. They later reached a settlement.Amazar appeared in three
silent films, The Volcano (1919), As a Man Thinks (1919), and
L'Aviateur Masqué (1922). She had a cabaret act in Paris in 1920.
or Elaine Amazar, was a Serbian-born Russian-American soprano singer
and actress. She was also the subject of the first photograph
described as "cheesecake", in 1917.Elvira Amazar was born in Serbia
Her father was a mining engineer. She was orphaned as a small girl,
when both parents died during a strike. Relatives in Poland took her
in, and she was educated in Germany and Moscow. She studied music in
Paris and Milan. Among her teachers were Félia Litvinne and Umberto
Masetti.Amazar began her singing career in Russia, and found further
success in Monte Carlo and Milan. She moved to the United States
during World War I, a member of the Boston National Opera Company and
a client of the Bel Canto Music Bureau. She sued her lover, baritone
Georges Baklanoff, for an assault while they were on a Pacific Coast
tour in 1917. They later reached a settlement.Amazar appeared in three
silent films, The Volcano (1919), As a Man Thinks (1919), and
L'Aviateur Masqué (1922). She had a cabaret act in Paris in 1920.
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