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Actor, comedian, dancer and singer. After vaudeville, Albertson worked in burlesque, on Broadway and in Hollywood, winning a Tony Award, an Emmy Award and an Academy Award. [10] Robert Alda: February 26, 1914 May 3, 1986 American Actor, singer and dancer whose vaudeville career began in earnest after winning a talent contest.
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
Vaudeville performers, performing in a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France at the end of the 19th century. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vaudeville performers . Contents
Pages in category "American vaudeville performers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,330 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
He may have written some vaudeville sketches, but likely did not perform. Billie Burke: 7 August 1885 14 May 1970 American Singer, dancer, actress and Ziegfeld star. Wife of Florenz Ziegfeld. [4] [5] Jimmy Dorsey: 29 February 1904 12 June 1957 American Clarinetist, saxophonist and bandleader. The reference only says he toured, does not specify ...
Butoh dancer Yoshiyuki Takada was performing The Dance of Birth and Death with a Tokyo artistic troupe, on the side of Seattle's Mutual Life building. His rope broke, and he fell six stories to his death. [34] Italian actor Claudio Cassinelli died on the set of Sergio Martino's Vendetta dal futuro in Page, Arizona.
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.
Born in Pratt City, Alabama, Cholly began dancing in the late 1930s before his military service in 1942 during World War II.Upon leaving the U.S. Army, he first found fame as one-half of Atkins & Coles, a top vaudeville dance act with partner Charles "Honi" Coles, debuting at the Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.