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Ellabelle Davis (17 March 1907 — 15 November 1960) was an American singer who began her musical career at The Town Hall in 1942. As an opera singer, Davis played the lead role of Aida during her 1946 performance at the Opera Nacional in Mexico. She resumed her role as Aida at La Scala in 1949 and recorded for Decca in February 1950. Posthumously, an opera based on Davis was performed in 2009 and she was inducted into the New Rochelle Walk of Fame in 2011.