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Dancer and actor known for his "loose-limbed, comic" dancing style. Appeared on Broadway in On Your Toes and By Jupiter. Best known film role is the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. [124] [125] Bessie Bonehill: February 17, 1855 August 21, 1902 British Male impersonator, Bonehill first appeared on the American vaudeville in 1889.
At the age of three, Rosie Marie Mazzetta started performing as a singer and dancer in vaudeville under the name "Baby Rose Marie." At five, she left vaudeville to become a radio star on NBC and after that made a series of films. Later, as Rose Marie, she appeared in both films and television series. Pauline Markham: May, 1847 March 20, 1919
A. Abbott and Costello; Gypsy Abbott; Una Abell-Brinker; Jean Acker; Belle Adair (actress) Janet Adair; Ted Adams (actor) Julius Adler (actor) Larry Adler; Stella Adler
Florence Hines (1868–1924) was a Black American vaudeville entertainer who was best known for performing throughout the United States in the 1890s as a male impersonator with Sam T. Jack's Creole Burlesque show. In her heyday, she was described as 'the greatest living female song and dance artist" [1] and 'the queen of all male impersonators ...
Kaye's first break came in 1933 when he joined the Three Terpsichoreans, a vaudeville dance act. They opened in Utica, New York, where he used the stage name Danny Kaye for the first time. [8] The act toured the United States and in Asia with the show La Vie Paree. [15] The troupe left for a six-month tour of Asia on February 8, 1934.
Neither Fayard nor Harold had any formal dance training. [3] Fayard taught himself how to dance, sing, and perform by watching and imitating the professional entertainers on stage. He then taught his younger siblings, first performing with his sister Dorothy as the Nicholas Kids, later joined by Harold. Harold idolized his older brother and ...
She eventually married Frank in 1963 and was inducted into California Swing Dance Hall of Fame in 1996. Watch as she shows off her stunning moves with fellow dancers Chong Chan Meng, Remy Kouakou ...
As stated in Andrew Erdman's book Blue Vaudeville, the Vaudeville stage was "a highly sexualized space ... where unclad bodies, provocative dancers, and singers of 'blue' lyrics all vied for attention." Such performances highlighted and objectified the female body as a "sexual delight", but more than that, historians think that Vaudeville ...