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Actor, comedian and singer mostly in Yiddish vaudeville with his family. Burstein, his kids and his wife, Lillian Lux are profiled in the 2002 documentary, The Komediant. [167] Mae Busch: June 18, 1891 April 19, 1946 Australian Actress and comedian who found success in American vaudeville and later appeared in a number of Laurel and Hardy films ...
Actor, dancer, and member of The O’Connor Family—Royal Family of Vaudeville. [131] Pasty O'Connor: January 23, 1930 July 4, 2017 American Singer, dancer, and member of "The O’Connor Family—Royal Family of Vaudeville. [132] Geoffrey O'Hara: February 2, 1882 January 31, 1967 Canadian Singer and songwriter. [133] Walter O'Keefe: August 18 ...
The Four Cohans was a late 19th-century American vaudeville family act that introduced 20th-century Broadway legend George M. Cohan to show business. It consisted of father Jeremiah "Jere" Cohan (1848–1917), mother Helen "Nellie" Costigan Cohan (1854–1928), daughter Josephine "Josie" Cohan Niblo (1876–1916), and son George M. Cohan (1878–1942).
This is another family with deep roots in entertainment – a vaudeville family most notable for Cliff Arquette, an actor noted for creating a persona, Charley Weaver, whom he played on various TV ...
Between 1910 and 1913, he formed a family vaudeville act, "Eddie Foy and The Seven Little Foys", which quickly became a national sensation. While Foy was a stern disciplinarian backstage, he portrayed an indulgent father onstage, and the Foys toured successfully for over a decade, appearing in one motion picture. [4] His wife Madeline died in 1918.
Garland, who was born Frances Ethel Gumm, spent her childhood years onstage in a vaudeville family act. She shot to fame acting opposite Mickey Rooney in a string of beloved Hollywood musicals ...
Vaudeville (/ ˈ v ɔː d (ə) v ɪ l, ˈ v oʊ-/; [1] French:) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France at the end of the 19th century. [2] A Vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition or light poetry, interspersed with songs and ...
American vaudeville performers, performing in a theatrical genre of variety entertainment which began in France at the end of the 19th century. ...