In 1925, she was a featured performer with Chocolate Kiddies on its European tour. Gee appeared in The Chocolate Dandies (1924). Gee sang the song " I'm Just Wild About Harry" in the musical Shuffle Along in 1921. Effie King was the stage name of Anna Green (maiden 1888–1944), who in 1907, married actor Frank Henry Wilson (1885–1956). The partnership first performed at Dabney's Theater in Washington, D.C., before touring. In 1910, composer Ford Dabney (1883–1958) formed several touring vaudeville groups, among which, he and violinist Willie Carroll (né William Thomas Carroll 1881–1943) conceived and produced Dabney's Ginger Girls, a duet composed of Gee, as dancer and soprano, and Effie King, as dancer and contralto. Initially a dancer in Aida Overton Walker's shows, she appeared in The Red Moon by Aida Overton Walker in 1904 and later toured the vaudeville circuit in multiple acts. Lottie Gee was born in Millboro, Virginia, United States. She is perhaps best known as a performer in the 1921 Broadway hit, Shuffle Along, the show that launched the careers of Josephine Baker and Florence Mills. Gee 17 August 1886 Millboro, Virginia – 13 January 1973 Los Angeles) was an American entertainer who performed in shows and musicals during the Harlem Renaissance.
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