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Dancer and later a Ziegfeld girl. Mallory debuted in vaudeville as the banjo player for a girls' band at the age of 12. By the age of 16, she was working as a dancer and she made her screen debut in 1932. [66] Edna Malone: February 1, 1899 Canadian Dancer. Leon Mandrake: 1911 1993 Canadian Magician. George Mann: December 2, 1905 November 22 ...
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.
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 .
Pages in category "Vaudeville performers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 227 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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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 ...
The Gumm Sisters began their performance career in 1924 under the guidance of their parents, Francis "Frank" Avent Gumm and Ethel Marion Milne, who were vaudeville performers in Minnesota. The sisters made their stage debut at their father's theater in Grand Rapids, Minnesota , performing various song and dance routines.
Mary Adelaide Dickey was born in Cohoes, New York, in 1882, the oldest of three girls born to W. James and Josephine Dickey. She studied dance under C. H. Van Arnum in Troy, and by 1894 was toe dancing as La Petite Adelaide in New York City. In 1897 she made a movie, La Petite Adelaide, for American Mutoscope Company. [2]