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Asa Yoelson was born in the village of Srednike (Yiddish: סרעדניק), now known as Seredžius, near Kaunas in Lithuania, then part of the Russian Empire.He was the fifth and youngest child of Nechama "Naomi" (née Cantor, c. 1858 –1895) and Moses Rubin Yoelson (c. 1858 –1945); his four siblings were Rose (c. 1879 –1939), Etta (c. 1880 –1948), another sister who died in infancy ...
The Jolson Story is a 1946 American biographical musical film, a highly fictionalized account of the life of singer Al Jolson.It stars Larry Parks as Jolson, Evelyn Keyes as Julie Benson (approximating Jolson's wife, Ruby Keeler), William Demarest as his performing partner and manager, Ludwig Donath and Tamara Shayne as his parents, and Scotty Beckett as the young Jolson.
Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson, 1886–1950), singer and actor [543] Chico Marx (born Leonard Marx, 1887–1961), one of the Marx Brothers [524]
Al Jolson (born Asa Yoelson, Yiddish: אַסאַ יואלסאָן; May 26, 1886 – October 23, 1950) was a Lithuanian-born American singer, actor, and vaudevillian. He was one of the United States' most famous and highest-paid stars of the 1920s, and was self-billed as "The World's Greatest Entertainer".
The Jolson Story (1946) as Asa Yoelson / Al Jolson, as a boy; Cynthia (1947) as Will Parker; Dangerous Years (1947) as Willy Miller; A Date with Judy (1948) as Ogden 'Oogie' Pringle; Michael O'Halloran (1948) as Michael O'Halloran; Any Number Can Play (1949) as Paul Kyng as a Boy, in Photo (uncredited) Battleground (1949) as William J. Hooper
Welsh died in a crash on June 11, 1912, while flying with Leighton Wilson Hazelhurst, Jr. at the United States Army Aviation School in College Park, Maryland, on a Wright Model C that had recently been purchased by the Aeronautical Division, U.S. Signal Corps. [6]
Asa is a given name in several parts of the world. [1] In English, the usual pronunciation is / ˈ eɪ s ə / or / ˈ eɪ z ə / . Asa (אסא): derived from the Hebrew language , as the name appears in the Old Testament to designate the third King of Judah , who reigned for forty years.
We should be using the surname-equivalent for people who go by a stage name. So, "Jolson" for Asa Yoelson and "Madonna" for Madonna Louise Ciccone Ritchie (since she goes by a single name), but "Presley" for Elvis Aaron Presley (since he did not go by a single-name stage name, he's just well-known).--Pharos 04:59, 18 June 2007 (UTC)