Mana-Zucca

Mana-Zucca (25 December 1885 – 8 March 1981) was an American actress, singer, pianist and composer. Mana-Zucca was born Gussie Zuckermann in New York City on December 25, 1885. The daughter of Polish immigrants, she was a child prodigy who began composing at an early age. Mana-Zucca was interested in music when she was very young. She was frustrated at the age of three when she found that her toy piano didn't have half tones. Her first piano teacher was her neighbor called Patotnikoff.