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Jessica Brown Cornelius, a Ziegfeld Follies Girl and the "toast of Broadway" in the 1930s died on April 10, 1970. During her career, Mrs. Cornelius appeared in a number of highly successful Broadway productions, including "The Cohan Review" in 1918 (Produced by George M. Cohan), "Cinderella on Broadway" in 1920 and The Midnight Rounders of 1921. She was a war worker during the blitz in London while her husband, the Earl of Northesk, was in embassy service for the British Government. Their residence, Earlwood, was adjacent to Queen Elizabeth II's (then Princess Elizabeth's) country home. Mrs. Cornelius's parents were Jessica Waters Brown Starke and Frederick A Brown of Buffalo. When Mrs. Cornelius would come to visit her Mother (who resided at 735 Delaware Ave.), she was known to take horse back rides in Delaware Park. Jessica Brown Cornelius is buried in section 8 in Forest Lawn.