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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
Female impersonators (1 C, 27 P) M. Music hall performers (9 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Vaudeville performers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of ...
Jeanette Hackett, sometimes given as Janette Hackett, (March 7, 1898 – August 15, 1979) was an American dancer and choreographer popular in vaudeville in the 1920s and 1930s. For the first part of her career, she partnered Harry Delmar.
A sister and brother, they performed as dancers in vaudeville and later produced spectacular theatrical dance shows, mainly in the 1920s and 1930s, as well as a range of other show business services. They were Fanchon Simon (born Fanchon Lucille Wolff ; September 14, 1892 – February 3, 1965), and her brother Marco Wolff (April 21, 1894 ...
Through vaudeville, many women were allowed to join their male counterparts on the stage and found success in their acts. Marie Dressler in "Tillie the Scrub Lady" (SAYRE 23576) Leila Marie Koerber, later Marie Dressler , was a Canadian actress who specialized in vaudeville comedy, and eventually won an Academy Award for Best Actress later in ...
Hindle and Wesner worked together on the vaudeville circuit, and sang some of the same songs, [6] both using a husky, contralto voice for their performances. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] Wesner's career was also closely linked to the vaudeville impresario Tony Pastor , for whom she was the featured male impersonator, performing at Pastor's theater and touring ...