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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.
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
Pages in category "Vaudeville performers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 225 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In 1913, the sisters decided to try to forge separate careers. Rosie appeared in The Whirl of the World on stage while Jenny teamed up with dancer Harry Fox (whom she married in 1912) in Honeymoon Express. [4] Jenny and Fox also toured the vaudeville circuit as a dance duo. [5]
A singer and flash dancer, "Bert" topped her Strut with high-kicking legomania. Alice was the star of the show and billed as the "Queen of Taps," enhancing such popular dances as Ballin' the Jack, Walkin' the Dog, and the Shim-Sham-Shimmy with clear and clean tapping. She was considered the best female tap dancer in the 1920s. [2]
The sisters' experience in vaudeville and their appearances in early short films reflected the larger entertainment landscape of the time. Judy Garland’s eventual rise to fame overshadowed the group's legacy, but the early years of The Gumm Sisters remain a part of Garland’s history and the broader entertainment history of the 1920s and 1930s.
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