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Tullah Hanley
According to Tullah Innes Hanley, her father was a Hungarian building contractor, her mother, an Egyptian, born in a harem and adopted by Hungarian parents. Her family became poverty-stricken upon the death of her father, leading, ultimately, to her coming to America.
Tullah came to the United States, along with her sister, Amy, in her early twenties intent on making more of her life. According to Tullah, at first the Innes sisters "were not admitted to this country, but later, after we show our act, they say we are desirable aliens, after all." (Tantallo) She was educated in Hungary and Switzerland. She could speak five languages, most likely learned on her many travels between Europe, South and North America. She appeared in musical halls, vaudeville, and night clubs with her unique classical Egyptian and African dances. She was fifteen when she began to dance and an "old" t |