George H. Primrose

George H. Primrose (November 12, 1852 – July 23, 1919) was a Canadian and American entertainer who was a minstrel performer in vaudeville. He was one half of the duo of Primrose and West with William H. West. but neither name seems supported by official records.

Career He began his career in 1867 with McFarland's Minstrels in Detroit, Michigan, billed as "Master Georgie, the Infant Clog Dancer", and later joined several other minstrel troupes.

His first wife, Emily Catlin, died in Chicago, Illinois in 1903. He married Esther Nerney of San Francisco, California in Mount Vernon, New York on April 23, 1904. From 1903 until 1918, shortly before his death, Primrose headed his own minstrel company in vaudeville, and continued to perform himself, in 1918 leading a group of seven men in blackface performing songs, dance and comedy. Described as "one of America's great blackface minstrels and a popular favorite on the vaudeville stage", a reviewer in Variety referred to him at the age of 66 as "the greatest soft shoe dancer in the world". He died in San Diego, California on July 23, 1919.