Florence Foster Jenkins, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Florence Foster Jenkins

American soprano, renowned for her lack of musical skill and singing ability

Date of Birth: 19-Jul-1868

Place of Birth: Pennsylvania, United States

Date of Death: 26-Nov-1944

Profession: singer, pianist, socialite, musician, opera singer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Florence Foster Jenkins (born Narcissa Florence Foster; July 19, 1868 – November 26, 1944) was an American socialite and amateur soprano who was known, and mocked, for her flamboyant performance costumes and notably poor singing ability.
The historian Stephen Pile ranked her "the world's worst opera singer ...
No one, before or since, has succeeded in liberating themselves quite so completely from the shackles of musical notation."Despite (or perhaps because of) her technical incompetence, she became a prominent musical cult figure in New York City during the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.
Cole Porter, Gian Carlo Menotti, Lily Pons, Sir Thomas Beecham, and other celebrities were fans.
Enrico Caruso is said to have "regarded her with affection and respect".
The poet William Meredith wrote that a Jenkins recital "was never exactly an aesthetic experience, or only to the degree that an early Christian among the lions provided aesthetic experience; it was chiefly immolatory, and Madame Jenkins was always eaten, in the end."