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A vaudeville performer is sometimes known as a "vaudevillian". Comic duo consisting of William (Bud) Abbott (October 2, 1897 – April 24, 1974) and Lou Costello (March 6, 1906 – March 3, 1959). Abbott began working in vaudeville in 1918, producing a "tab show" on the Gus Sun circuit with his wife.
Glenwood Springs, Colorado. / 39.54556°N 107.33472°W / 39.54556; -107.33472. Glenwood Springs is a home rule municipality that is the county seat of Garfield County, Colorado, United States. [ 6] The city population was 9,963 at the 2020 United States Census. [ 3]
A comic trio consisting of brothers Moe (June 19, 1897 – May 4, 1975) and Shemp Howard (March 4, 1895 – November 22, 1955), and friend Larry Fine (October 5, 1902 – January 24, 1975). Harmony singing trio consisting of Pearl Santos, Violet Hamilton, and Jessie Fordyce. Tennis player and monologist. Male impersonator.
Jesse Block was born in New York City. He started performing in vaudeville as a child, getting his first break as a member of Gus Edwards' Song Revue of 1915. Later, he developed a song-and-dance act and toured for four years as one half of a duo with Frances Dunlap. In 1926, he was introduced to Eve Sully by Bert Gordon.
Slapstick, musical comedy. John Sigvard " Ole " Olsen (November 6, 1892 – January 26, 1963) and Harold Ogden " Chic " Johnson (March 5, 1891 – February 26, 1962) were American comedians of vaudeville, radio, the Broadway stage, motion pictures and television. Their shows were noted for their crazy blackout gags and orchestrated mayhem ...
Harry Rose (c. 1893 – December 10, 1962) was an American vaudeville comedian, singer and songwriter.. There is some uncertainty over his origins. Anthony Slide's The Encyclopedia of Vaudeville states that he was born in Leeds, England, on December 2, 1893, moving to Milwaukee as a child in 1905; but official records and a newspaper obituary give his birth name as Henry Arthur Rosenthal, born ...
Charlie Dale (left) and Joe Smith in a comedy sketch, filmed for Soundies movie jukeboxes (1941). Smith and Dale were a famous American vaudeville comedy duo. They consisted of Joe Smith (born Joseph Sultzer [1] [2] on February 17, 1884 – February 22, 1981) [3] and Charlie Dale (born Charles Marks [4] on September 6, 1881 – November 16, 1971), [5] who both grew up in the Lower East Side of ...
Leon Dunkins Claxton (April 5, 1902 – November 14, 1967) was an American vaudeville performer turned producer who led the revue Harlem in Havana, which was staged for several decades and was a feature at the traveling Royal American Shows. [1] [2] [3] An African American, his show featured black performers during the segregation era, and he ...