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The Rooney family is an Irish-American family known for its connections to the sports, acting, and political fields. After emigrating from Ireland in the 1840s, it established its American roots in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1880s.
Mickey Rooney was born Ninnian Joseph Yule, Jr., [7] in Brooklyn, New York on September 23, 1920, the only child of Nellie W. Carter and Joe Yule. [8] His mother was an American former chorus girl and burlesque performer from Kansas City, Missouri, while his father was a Scottish-born vaudevillian, who had emigrated to New York from Glasgow with his family at the age of three months. [4]
Mickey Rooney reprised his role as Santa Claus, and George S. Irving reprised his role as Heat Miser. Dick Shawn and Shirley Booth, both of whom died prior to the film's production, were replaced by Juan Chioran and Catherine Disher as Snow Miser and Mrs. Claus, respectively.
Elaine Devry, who appeared in such films as “The Atomic Kid” and “A Guide for the Married Man” and dozens of television series, died Sept. 20 at her home in Grants Pass, Oregon, according ...
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Original voice actors Mickey Rooney and George S. Irving reprise their roles over 30 years later in this special that honors all the Rankin/Bass nostalgia. ... about a robin raised by a family of ...
Arthur J. Rooney was married to Kathleen Rooney née McNulty (1904–1982) for 51 years, until her 1982 death. Kathleen was the mother of Art's five sons, who are Dan Rooney , the chairman of the board of directors of the Pittsburgh Steelers and a former United States Ambassador to Ireland , Art Rooney Jr. , Timothy Rooney, Patrick Rooney, and ...
Teddy Rooney, an actor, musician and a son of the late Mickey Rooney, has died. He was 66. Rooney died Saturday in a convalescent home in Southern California after a long illness, his sister ...