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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 ...
Dancer and actor known for his "loose-limbed, comic" dancing style. Appeared on Broadway in On Your Toes and By Jupiter. Best known film role is the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz. [124] [125] Bessie Bonehill: February 17, 1855 August 21, 1902 British Male impersonator, Bonehill first appeared on the American vaudeville in 1889.
Blackbirds of 1926, also known as Lew Leslie's Blackbirds of 1926 was a musical revue with an all African American cast created and produced by impresario Lew Leslie that starred Florence Mills, Edith Wilson, and Johnny Hudgins, with music by George W. Meyer and Arthur Johnston, and lyrics by Grant Clarke and Roy Turk.
Beyond Vaudeville is a New York City public-access television show that ran from 1986 to 1996. [1] The talk/variety show features amateur talents and nostalgia-inducing celebrities housed within the confines of a crowded, Manhattan-based public access television station.
Lew Grade, Baron Grade, OStJ (born Lev Winogradsky; [2] 25 December 1906 – 13 December 1998) was a Russian-born British media proprietor and impresario.Originally a dancer, and later a talent agent, Grade's interest in television production began in 1954 when he founded the Incorporated Television Company (ITC; commonly known as ITC Entertainment) to distribute programmes, and following the ...
Blackbirds of 1928 was the idea of impresario Lew Leslie, who planned to build the show around Florence Mills in New York City after her success in the hit show Blackbirds of 1926 in Paris and London. Mills died from tuberculosis in 1927 before rehearsals for the new show had started and Hall was enlisted to replace her.
American dancer, actress and singer Fred Astaire: Frederick Austerlitz 1899–1987 American dancer, actor and singer Betty Astell: Betty Hymans 1912–2005 English actress Skylar Astin: Skylar Astin Lipstein 1987– American actor and singer Mary Astor: Lucile Langhanke 1906–1987 American actress Rich Asuncion: Richell Pacaldo Angalot 1989–
Lewis began her film career in Singin' in the Rain and Red Garters as a dancer, then in Drums of Tahiti as an actress. Later, she added choreography on her list of credits, which began while she was a regular featured character on the ABC television series Where's Raymond?, in which she played a dancer named Sylvia who partnered series star Ray ...