Background
Annie Hindle was born in England in the mid-1840s and adopted by Ann Hindle.
Annie Hindle was born in England in the mid-1840s and adopted by Ann Hindle.
Hall performed as a male impersonator in solo acts and in minstrel shows from 1868 to 1886. Annie Hindle had an affinity for both singing and wearing men"s clothes at an early age and began performing on the musical stage at the age of six. Hindle and her mother moved to the United States in 1868.
Hindle performed as a male impersonator on the American variety stage from 1868 and 1886 and received high reviews and steady bookings.
Her skills in male impersonation astounded her audience. A review of one of her performances at the Adelphi Theater in Galvenston, Texas, noted, "Annie Hindle has proved a great success.
As a male impersonator her sex is so concealed that one is apt to imagine that it is a man who is singing.".