Ida Coffin

IdaBelle Coffin was only in show business a short time, but the few films she was in, she appeared with legends and stole every scene she was in. She appeared in films with football legend Kenny Washington, first African American to play national football, comedian Mantan Moreland, Apollo emcee Ralph Cooper, and dancer/actress Jeni LeGon and she was in the show (Ecstatic Ebony in Swing) at the legendary Burbank Theater in California. IdaBelle showed great potential to be a star. She also came from a prestigious family of firsts. Her son, Bob Relf, was a soul singer in the 1960's who had a hit dance song hit called "Harlem Shuffle," which has been sampled by other artists throughout the years.