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Revision as of 03:32, 23 May 2007
Sister list: List of vaudeville performers: L-Z
This is a partial list of vaudeville performers. Inclusion on this list indicates that the subject appeared at least once on the American vaudeville stage during it's heyday between 1881 and 1932. The source in the citation included with each entry confirms their appearance and cites information in the performance notes section.
Vaudeville (sometimes abbreviated as vaude) a style of variety entertainment predominant in America in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century. A similar development in Britain was known as Music Hall. Developing from many sources, including shows in saloons, minstrelsy, freak shows, dime museums, British pantomimes, and other popular forms of entertainment, vaudeville became one of the most popular types of entertainment in America. Vaudeville took the form of a series of separate, unrelated acts each featuring a different types of performance. These performances could ranges from musicians (both classical and popular), dancers, comedians, animal acts, magicians, female and male impersonators, to acrobats, one-act plays or scenes from plays, athletes, lecturing celebrities, minstrels, or even short films.
While the initial origins of vaudeville are obscure, historians acknowledge that the opening of Tony Pastor's Fourteenth Street Theatre in New York City on 24 October 1881 marks the beginning of American vaudeville. Pastor had refined the rough variety acts into something wholesome enough for women and children. Other theatre owners quickly picked up on Pastor's new style of vaude and theatres began springing up like weeds and would continue in a quick pace until the 1920s. Vaudeville kept the pace up as well reaching its height around 1915. These heights included an industrialization of the business of vaudeville. Following this climax, vaudeville began to struggle with competition from film and in the following decade, radio. These mediums competed not only for audiences, but talent as well. Towards the end of the 1920s, vaudeville theatres began to be converted to cinemas or closed altogether with entire circuits. After the blow dealt the world by the economic downturn of the Great Depression, vaudeville's pulse quickly weakened. Just as historians mark the date of the "birth" of vaude, the date of it's death is marked as well. New York's Palace Theatre on Broadway, was the palace of vaudeville; a place where only the greatest of vaude's performers performed. On 16 November 1932, the last vaudeville bill was played there and the Palace became a full-time movie house. Vaudeville did continue to struggle on, but it never again reached the heights attained in 1915.[1]
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Performance Notes | Reference | |
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Abbott and Costello | American | Comic duo consisting of William (Bud) Abbott (2 October 1897 - 24 April 1974) and Lou Costello (6 March 1906 - 3 March 1959). Abbott began working in vaude in 1918, producing a "tab show" on the Gun Sun circuit with his wife. Later, he began working as a comic "straight man." Abbott and Costello met around 1929 and possibly performed together in vaude in the very early 1930s. The duo went on to work in radio and film. | [2] | |||
Jean Acker | 23 October 1893 | 16 August 1978 | American | Actress. Known primarily for her work on film and as the first wife of Rudolf Valentino. | [3] | |
Jean Adair | 13 June 1873 | 11 May 1953 | Canadian | Actress of the "legit" stage who appeared in vaudeville in a sketch of the play, Maggie Taylor, Waitress. | [4] | |
Milton Ager | 6 October 1893 | 6 May 1979 | American | Pianist and songwriter. Ager worked in vaudeville prior to 1910 as an accompanist. He wrote for the stage and Hollywood and is known for his song, "Happy Days Are Here Again" for which he wrote the music with lyrics by Jack Yellen. | [5] | |
Will Ahern | 9 October 1896 | 16 May 1983 | American | Cowboy comedian and entertainer who performed in a comic duo with his wife, Gladys Reese. Ahearn told jokes and performed rope tricks while his wife, using a Mexican accent, sang and danced. | [6] | |
Harry Akst | 15 August 1894 | 31 March 1963 | American | Pianist and songwriter. Akst accompanied singers including Al Jolson, Nora Bayes and Frank Fay. One of his most notable songs is the song, "Dinah," which has been covered by such names as Bing Crosby, the Mills Brothers and Fats Waller. | [7] | |
Jack Albertson | 16 June 1907 | 25 November 1981 | American | 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. | [8] | |
Robert Alda | 26 February 1914 | 3 May 1986 | American | Actor, singer and dancer whose vaudeville career began in earnest after winning a talent contest. After working in vaudeville and burlesque, Alda appeared on Broadway, winning a Tony Award for the role of Sky Masterson in Guys and Dolls. He later appeared in film, as well. He is the father of TV and film actor, Alan Alda. | [9] [10] | |
Russell Alexander | 26 February 1877 | 2 October 1915 | American | Euphonium virtuoso and musician who performed in a novelty musical act with his brothers, Newton and Alexander. It was Newton who first formed the act, called "The Exposition Four," which consisted of Newton and his brother, Woodruff, James Brady and Willie Patten. Russell replaced Patten later. The group performed a comedy act with some blackface but also performed virtuosic feats on their instruments such as Newton playing a duet on two trumpets simultaneously. Russell would become one of the greatest of circus music composers. | [11] [12] | |
Hadji Ali | 1892 | 5 November 1937 | Egyptian | Regurgitator, billed as "The Egyptian Enigma," who performed an act where he swallowed kerosene followed by water. After regurgitating the kerosene and setting it ablaze, he would put out the flames with the regurgitated water. He also swallowed and regurgitated nuts and live goldfish. | [13] | |
Fred Allen | 31 May 1894 | 17 March 1956 | American | Juggler and comedian who also performed in a comic duo with his wife, Portland Hoffa (25 January 1905 - 25 December 1990). His original act featured Allen as a ventriloquist, the comedy coming from his lack of talent (at one point the dummy would fall apart). Later his act featured Allen as a clumsy juggler and once his wife joined, she would act as the "straight man" to his bad juggling routine. Later the couple would gain prominence on the radio. | [14] | |
Lester Allen | 17 November 1891 | 6 November 1949 | American | Comedian who appeared in a double act with Nellie Breen. He also emceed at the Palace. | [15] | |
Louis Alter | 18 June 1902 | 5 November 1980 | American | Pianist and songwriter. He accompanied Nora Bayes for a number of years and wrote songs for Irène Bordoni, Beatrice Lillie and Helen Morgan. Among his most popular songs are "Manhattan Serenade" and "Do You Know What It Means to Miss New Orleans." | [16] [17] | |
Nick Altrock | 15 September 1976 | 20 January 1965 | American | Former basbeball player who appeared in a comedy routine with Al Schacht, "The Clown Prince of Baseball." | [18] | |
Kirk Alyn | 31 May 1908 | 6 December 1993 | American | Singer and dancer. Later notable as the first actor to play Superman on film. | [19] | |
Don Ameche | 31 May 1906 | 14 March 1999 | American | Comedian with Texas Guinan's troupe. Later Ameche would work heavily in film, winning an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1985 for his work on the film, Cocoon. | [20] [21] | |
Morey Amsterdam | 14 December 1908 | 27 October 1996 | American | Amsterdam debuted in vaude as a cellist with his brother, a pianist. Within a short while, the act had become a comedy routine, Amsterdam's cello becoming a mere prop. After working in a nightclub owned by Al Capone, Amsterdam worked in radio, where he had his own variety show, The Morey Amsterdam Show, and in television where he wqas cast as one of Dick Van Dyke's co-workers on The Dick Van Dyke Show. | [22] | |
"Broncho Billy" Anderson | 21 March 1880 | 20 January 1971 | American | Actor. After vaude, Anderson would become the first star of the Western film genre. In addition, with George K. Spoor, he founded Essanay Studios ("S" for Spoor and "A" for Anderson) in Chicago. | [23] | |
Eddie Anderson | 18 September 1905 | 28 February 1977 | American | Born into a vaudevillian family, Anderson began performing in a song and dance act with his brother, Cornelius and another young man, at the age of 14. The act was billed as the "Three Black Aces." Following vaude, Anderson appeared with fellow vaudevillian, Jack Benny, as "Rochester" on The Jack Benny Show on radio and later TV. | [24] | |
Andrews Sisters | American | Trio of sisters, LaVerne (6 July 1911 - 8 May 1967), Maxine (3 January 1916 - 21 October 1995) and Patty (16 February 1918) who sang in close harmony. The trio started touring vaudeville in the early 1930s with the Larry Rich band. | [25] | |||
Margaret Anglin | 3 April 1876 | 7 January 1958 | Canadian | Actress from the "legit" stage who appeared in a sketch of the play The Wager. Anglin was one of the most noted actresses on the American stage in her time, having gained the admiration of Sarah Bernhardt, the greatest actress of the age. | [26] | |
Capt. Adrian C. "Cap" Anson | 17 April 1852 | 14 April 1922 | American | Former baseball player who appeared in a sketch in 1913 with a monologue and short dance. He reappeared with his daughters in 1921. | [27] | |
Dave Apollon | 1898 | 30 May 1972 | Russian-American | Mandolinist. Apollon arrived in the US from Russia in 1921. Finding success in vaude, Apollon appeared as an emcee at the Palace and also appeared with his Filipino Orchestra on the last two-a-day program there, 7 May 1932. He also appeared in the final vaudeville presentation at the Loew's State Theatre, New York City, 23 December 1947. | [28] | |
Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle | 24 March 1887 | 29 June 1933 | American | Arbuckle was a portly comic actor who mentored under vaudeville veteran, Leon Erroll. After leaving the stage, Arbuckle became a well-known comedian in silent films, eventually partnering with Buster Keaton. His career was destroyed by accusations that he murdered a young actress. Following two trials ending in hung juries and a final trial that acquitted him, Arbuckle's career was in ruins. | [29] | |
Harold Arlen | 15 February 1905 | 23 April 1986 | American | Pianist, musician and composer. Among his more well-known songs are "Stormy Weather" and "Get Happy" and songs for the movie-musical, The Wizard of Oz. | [30] | |
Armida | 29 May 1911 | 23 October 1989 | American | Mexican-American singer and actress who was discovered while performing with her sister, Dolores, in Los Angeles. After becoming a part of Gus Edwards' vaudeville troupe, she went on to make a number of films, including 1930's On the Border with John Barrymore and Rin-Tin-Tin. | [31] | |
Julia Arthur | 3 May 1868 | 28 March 1950 | Canadian | Actress from the "legit" stage who appeared in a sketch from the play Liberty Aflame. As well as working onstage, Arthur made 10 silent films from 1908-1919. | [32] | |
Adele and Fred Astaire | American | Ballroom dance duo with Fred Astaire (10 May 1899 - 22 June 1987) and his sister, Adele (10 September 1896 - 25 January 1981). | [33] | |||
Roscoe Ates | 20 January 1896 | 1 March 1962 | American | Comedian known for his portrayals of comic, stuttering characters. Ates later appeared in films. | [34] | |
Cholly Atkins | 13 September 1913 | 19 April 2003 | American | Tap dancer with a noted dance act with Charles "Honi" Coles. Later Atkins became a choreographer for Motown. | [35] | |
Gene Austin | 24 June 1900 | 24 January 1972 | American | Singer and songwriter who first appeared in vaudeville in the early 1920s. He is known as one of the first "crooners." Austin appeared on radio in 1923 and began recording as "The Voice of the Southland." | [36] | |
Lovie Austin | 19 September 1887 | 10 July 1972 | American | Jazz pianist. Austin toured extensively in vaude, often with her own band, the "Blues Serenaders." | [37] [38] |
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Lloyd Bacon | 4 December 1889 | 15 November 1955 | American | Broadway actor who, after a season in vaudeville went to Hollywood where he became a director with Warner Brothers after appearing as an actor in nearly 40 films. | [39] |
Pearl Bailey | 29 March 1918 | 17 August 1990 | American | Singer and actress who followed vaudeville with a career onstage, on film and on TV. She garnered a Tony Award for her role on Broadway in Hello, Dolly!. | [40] |
Belle Baker | 25 December 1893 | 29 April 1957 | American | Singer and actress who established her name in vaude as "The Ragtime Singer." Baker is one of the Palace headliners who performed there numerous times. Her Palace debut was in 1913, when she sang the song, "Cohen Owes Me Ninety-Seven Dollars." Baker first ventured onstage with the encouragement of actor, Jacob Adler and later, producer, Lew Leslie. Baker's debut in vaudeville took place in Scranton, PA at the age of 15 and she debuted in "big-time" vaude at Hammerstein's Theatre in New York in 1911. Following vaudeville she appeared on Broadway and on the radio. | [41] [42] |
Josephine Baker | 3 June 1906 | 12 April 1975 | American | Baker started as a chorus girl in vaudeville leaving the US to become a renowned dancer and singer in Paris cabarets and nightclubs. | [43] |
Phil Baker | 324 August 1896 | 1 December 1963 | American | Pianist, accordionist and comedian who began in a double act with Ben Bernie on violin. Originally a serious musical act, over time it developed comic elements. Following their split, both comedians became successful in their own right. Baker headlined at the Palace in 1930 and 1931. He enjoyed a career on Broadway in musicals and later radio. | [44] [45] |
Nikita Balieff | c. 1877 | 3 September 1936 | Armenian | Singer, dancer, actor, monologist and impresario of the Chauve-Souris comedy troupe. | [46] |
Ernest Ball | 21 July 1878 | 3 May 1927 | American | Accompanist, singer and songwriter known for writing sentimental ballads, usually with Irish themes such as "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling." Ball appeared at the Palace in 1923 and 1926 and died the next year in his dressing room at the Yost Theatre in Santa Ana, California while on tour with his singing group, "Ernie Ball and His Gang." | [47] |
Barbette | 9 December 1904 | 5 August 1975 | American | Female impersonator and trapeze artist. Barbette, born either Vander Clyde or Van der Clyde (depending on the source), wanted to become an aerialist after seeing one at a circus. He responded to an ad in Billboard for the Alfaretta Sisters, an aerial act, who were looking for a replacement member. He began dressing as a female on their encouragement and continued to do so after leaving the act. In 1923, he traveled to Britain and then Paris, where he became the talk of the town. He toured Europe and returned to the US to continue in vaudeville. Following his stage career, Barbette continued to work with performers for various circuses. | [48] [49] [50] |
Ben Bard | 26 January 1893 | 17 May 1974 | American | Comedian, in a duo with Jack Pearl. | [51] |
Wilkie Bard | 19 March 1870 | 5 March 1944 | British | Comedian and singer. | [52] [53] |
Reginald Barlow | 17 June 1866 | 6 July 1943 | American | Actor and minstrel. Appeared at the age of 9 with the minstrel troupe of Barlow, Wilson, Primrose and West. Later he became a noted film actor. | [54] |
The Barrison Sisters | Swedish | Five sisters who performed risqué songs and dances. The sisters were Lona, Sophia, Inger, Olga and Gertrude Barrison. | [55] | ||
Ethel Barrymore | 15 August 1879 | 18 June 1959 | American | Actress who appeared in "tab" versions of her hits in the legitimate theatre and one-act plays. Barrymore's debut in vaude was in the one-act play, Civilization by Richard Harding Davis at the Palace Theatre the week of 28 April 1913. She toured the Oprheum circuit in J. M. Barrie's The Twelve Pound Look with a salary of $3000 a week. The play played the Palace, June 1921 and in September and December of 1926. | [56] [57] |
John Barrymore | 14 February 1882 | 29 May 1942 | American | Actor who appeared in a sketch called, His Wedding Morn. | [58] [59] |
Lionel Barrymore | 28 April 1978 | 15 November 1954 | American | Actor who appeared in a sketch called, The White Slave. | [60] [61] |
Maurice Barrymore | 21 September 1849 | 26 March 1905 | British | Actor on the "legitimate stage," Barrymore made his vaudeville debut in a one-act version of Augustus Thomas' play, A Man of the World, and headlined many other sketches. | [62] [63] |
Charles Barton | 1902 | 1981 | American | Actor. | [64] |
Eileen Barton | 24 November 1929 | 27 June 2006 | American | Sang "Ain't Misbehavin'" in her parents vaude act at the age of 2 in Kansas City, Missouri. At the age of 3 1/2, Barton appeared at the Palace as part of Ted Healy's routine. Barton later became a noted popular music singer. | [65] |
James Barton | 1 November 1890 | 19 February 1962 | American | Comic dancer. | [66] |
Count Basie | 21 August 1904 | 26 April 1984 | American | Pianist, bandleader and composer. Before the age of 20, Basie was touring on the Keith circuit and later, the Columbia Burlesque and T. O. B. A. circuits as a pianist, accompanist and musical director for singers, dancers and comedians. | [67] [68] [69] |
Clayton "Peg Leg" Bates | 11 October 1907 | 6 December 1998 | American | Rhythm tap dancer with only one leg. | [70] |
Warner Baxter | 29 March 1889 | 7 May 1951 | American | Actor. Later won the 1929 Academy Award for Best Actor for his role as the Cisco Kid in the film In Old Arizona. | [71] |
Nora Bayes | 1880 | 19 June 1928 | American | Singer and comedienne who toured with her husband, Jack Norworth from 1908-13. She introduced such standards as 'Shine On Harvest Moon' and Cohan's 'Over There.' | [72] [73] |
Beverly Bayne | 11 November 1894 | 18 August 1982 | American | Actress with her husband, Francis X. Bushman. Bayne and Bushman, following successful careers in silent films, appeared at the Palace in a comedy sketch, Poor Rich Man. The couple toured vaudeville throughout the 1920s. Unable to revive her film career in the late 1920s, following her divorce from Bushman, Bayne worked the rest of her life onstage. | [74] [75] |
George Beauchamp | 1899 | 1941 | American | Violin and steel lap guitar player. Beauchamp developed the first commercially available electric guitar. | [76] |
George Beban | 1873 | 5 October 1928 | American | Known for his Italian characters. Beban began playing French characters but once he began working in film, he played Italian characters. His initial act involved recitation of a poem called, "Mia Rosa." Beban created a one-act play from the poem, The Sign of the Rose, in which he toured vaude for seven years. A full-length version, also by Beban, premiered at the Garrick Theatre in New York in 1911. Beban signed with silent film director and producer, Thomas Ince,after his work in vaudeville and appeared in a number of films including a version of The Sign of the Rose called The Alien. | [77] |
Martin Beck | 1867 | 16 November 1940 | Austrian-American | Actor and later one of the top vaudeville theatre owners. | [79] |
Robert Benchley | 15 September 1889 | 21 November 1945 | American | Actor.. | [80] |
Chief Bender | 3 May 1883 | 22 May 1954 | American | Former basbeball player who did an act with Kathryn Pearl called "Learning the Game" by George Totten Smith with music by Arthur Behim. | [81] |
Bennie Benjamin | 4 November 1907 | 2 May 1989 | American | Singer and songwriter. | [82] |
Belle Bennett | 22 April 1891 | 4 November 1932 | American | Trapeze artist and later silent film actress. Following a career in vaudeville, Bennett entered film in 1916 and worked through the end of the age of silent films. | [83] |
Richard Bennett | 1872 | 1944 | American | Actor who appeared in a sketch from the play The Common Man. | [84] |
Jack Benny | 14 February 1894 | 26 December 1974 | American | Comedian, violinist and actor. | [85] |
Edgar Bergen | 16 February 1903 | 30 September 1978 | American | Ventrilogquist with his dummy, Charlie McCarthy. | [86] |
Sammy Berk | c. 1894 | 1983 | American | Novelty dancer. | [87] |
Milton Berle | 12 July 1908 | 27 March 2002 | American | Comedian and actor. | [88] |
Irving Berlin | 11 May 1888 | 22 September 1989 | American | Pianist, songwriter and singer. Known for such songs as "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "God Bless America." | [89] |
Sam Bernard | 5 June 1863 | 16 May 1927 | British | Actor, "Dutch" comedian and monologist known for his German characterizations. | [90] |
Sarah Bernhardt | 23 October 1844 | 26 March 1923 | French | Actress. | [91] |
Ben Bernie | 30 May 1891 | 20 October 1943 | American | Violinist and comedian. Had an act with Phil Baker. | [92] |
Joe Besser | 12 August 1907 | 1 March 1988 | American | Besser first began in show business as a song plugger and magician's assistant. He worked his way up to being a comedian and headlined with acts such as Olsen and Johnson. After appearing on radio, Besser appeared on film and was a member of the Three Stooges for two years. | [93] |
Billie Bird | 28 February 1908 | 27 November 2002 | American | Actress and comedienne who was discovered in an orphanage. Bird toured with the group for some time before creating an act with another girl called, "The King Sisters" which toured the Keith-Orpheum circuit. After vaude began to fade, Bird toured in musicals and comedies and on the nightclub circuit. She also worked in film and on television. | [94] |
Harry Blackstone, Sr. | 27 September 1885 | 16 November 1965 | American | Magician. | [95] |
J. Stuart Blackton | 5 January 1875 | 13 August 1941 | British-American | Stage cartoonist billed as Komikal Kartoonist in an act with his friends Albert E. Smith the Komikal Konjuror and Ronald A. Reader who operated a magic lantern. | [96] |
Block and Sully | American | Husband and wife comic duo composed of Jesse Block (16 December 1900 - 22 March 1983) and Eva Sully (1902 - 7 August 1990). | [97] | ||
Joan Blondell | 30 August 1909 | 25 December 1979 | American | Actress who toured with her family in vaude. She joined her parents act at 3, leaving the act in 1926 for Hollywood. | [98] [99] |
Lew Bloom | 8 August 1859 | American | Comic monologist and "society tramp." | [100] [101] | |
Ben Blue | 12 September 1901 | 7 March 1975 | Canadian | Comedian and dancer. | [102] |
Ray Bolger | 10 January 1904 | 15 January 1987 | American | Dancer and actor known for his "loose-limbed, comic" dancing style. | [103] [104] |
Irène Bordoni | 16 January 1895 | 19 March 1953 | French | Chanteuse and musical theatre star. Bordoni's first appeared in the chorus at the Théâtre des Variétés in Paris at the age of 13. She traveled to the US and began appearing on the vaude and the Broadway stages in 1912. The following year she toured the Orpheum circuit with Melville Ellis in tow as both accompanist and costume designer. From 1915-28, Bordoni appeared in a number of Broadway musicals but in vaudeville in her spare time. She appeared at the Palace in May and November of 1927 and September of 1930. After her retirement, she made occasional appearances on Broadway before dying on tour in the musical, South Pacific. | [105] |
Boswell Sisters | American | Trio of singing sisters comprised of Meldania "Martha" Boswell (1905 - 1958), Constance Foore "Connee" Boswell (3 December 1907 - 11 October 1976), and Helvetia George "Vet" Boswell (20 May 1911 - 1988). | [106] | ||
Hobart Bosworth | 11 August 1867 | 30 December 1943 | American | Actor appearing in a sketch from the play Sea Wolf. Bosworth was already an accomplished stage actor having worked with the companies of McKee Rankin and Augustin Daly as well as with some of the leading ladies of the day. After contracting tuberculosis, Bosworth traveled west and became a leading man at the Belasco Theatre in Los Angeles, where he also founded the Hobart Bosworth Institute of Dramatic Arts. He entered silent films in 1909 and created Bosworth Incorporated in order to create feature films based on the works of Jack London. In 1917, Bosworth and Ethel Grey Terry, toured in a sketch of London's Sea Wolf. | [107] [108] |
Ray Bourbon | 1893 | 19 July 1971 | American | Female impersonator. | [109] |
Eddie Bracken | 7 February 1915 | 14 November 2002 | American | Actor and comedian, started in child films and later appeared as comic foil in numerous feature films. | [110] |
Hugh Bradley | 23 May 1885 | 26 January 1949 | American | Baseball player who appeared with the Boston Red Sox Quartette in 1912. The quartet included Buck O'Brien, Marty Hale and Bill Lyons. | [111] |
El Brendel | 25 March 1890 | 9 April 1964 | American | Comedian. | [112] |
Jay Brennan | 6 December 1882 | 14 January 1961 | American | Comedian. Played the "straight man" to Bert Savoy. | [113] [114] |
Walter Brennan | 25 July 1894 | 21 September 1974 | American | Actor. | [115] |
Herbert Brenon | 13 January 1880 | 22 June 1958 | American | Had a comic duo with his wife, Helen Oberg. Later he was a Hollywood screenwriter. | [116] |
Fanny Brice | 29 October 1891 | 29 May 1951 | American | Comedienne and singer known for her odd walk and comic faces. | [117] |
James Brockman | 8 December 1886 | 22 May 1967 | American | After beginning as a comedian in vaudeville, Brockman worked in musicals before settling in Hollywood as a sonwriter. | [118] |
Helen Broderick | 11 August 1891 | 25 September 1959 | American | Singer-comedienne. | [119] |
Harry Brooks | 20 September 1895 | 22 June 1970 | American | Pianist and songwriter. | [120] |
Shelton Brooks | 4 May 1886 | 6 September 1975 | American | Singer, pianist and songwriter. Many of Brooks' songs were composed for vaudeville singer, Sophie Tucker and among them, the song, "Some of These Days," which became one of Tucker's most well known songs. Her 1911 recording of this song was selected in 2004 to be added to the National Recording Registry, ensuring its preservation in the Library of Congress. | [121] [122] |
Joe E. Brown | 28 July 1892 | 6 July 1973 | American | Comedian and acrobat with the Bell Prevost Trio. | [123] |
Nacio Herb Brown | 22 February 1896 | 28 September 1964 | American | Pianist and songwriter. Brown was accompanist to performer, Alice Doll, and toured with her on the Orpheum Circuit. Certainly one of his most well known songs is "Singin' in the Rain," which he wrote with lyricist, Arthur Freed. | [124] [125] |
Tom Brown | 3 June 1888 | 25 March 1958 | American | Trombonist and leader of Tom Brown's Band from Dixieland. Also put together the vaudeville band, the "Five Rubes" which disbanded shortly thereafter. | [126] [127] [128] |
Bothwell Browne | 7 March 1877 | 12 December 1947 | Danish | Female impersonator. | [129] |
Frank Browning | 1882 | 1948 | American | Former basbeball player who was in a quartet with 3 other basbeball players around 1925. The three other singers were George Crable, Tom Dillon and Kid Gleason. | [130] |
Tod Browning | 12 July 1880 | 6 October 1962 | American | Actor. Later a Hollywood director who worked with Bela Lugosi in Dracula (1931 film). | [131] |
Brox Sisters | American | Trio of singing sisters consisting of Dagmar Brock, born Josephine and later called Bobbe (1900 - 2 May 1999), Kathleen, later known as Patricia (14 June 1903 - 1988), and Eunice, later called Lorayne (d. 1993). | [132] [133] [134] | ||
Buck and Bubbles | American | Dance duo with Ford Lee "Buck" Washington (16 October 1903 - 31 January 1955) and John W. "Bubbles" Sublett (19 February 1902 - 18 May 1986). | [135] | ||
John Bunny | 21 September 1863 | 26 April 1915 | American | Actor and minstrel. Later a film star. | [136] |
Neil Burgess | 1846 | 1910 | American | Female impersonator, mostly playing elderly widows. | [137] |
Smiley Burnette | 18 March 1911 | 16 February 1967 | American | Singer. Later worked with Gene Autry and performed onscreen in Westerns. | [138] |
Burns and Allen | American | Comic duo consisting of George Burns (20 January 1896 - 9 March 1996) and his wife, Gracie Allen (26 July 1895 - 27 August 1964). | [139] [140] | ||
Pesach Burstein | 1896 | 1986 | Polish-American | Actor, comedian and singer mostly in Yiddish vaudeville. Burstein, his kids and his wife, Lillian Lux are profiled in the 2002 documentary, The Komediant. | [141] |
Mae Busch | 18 June 1891 | 19 April 1946 | Australian | Actress and comedian who found success in American vaudeville and later appeared in a number of Laurel and Hardy films. | [142] |
Francis X. Bushman | 10 January 1883 | 23 August 1966 | American | Actor who toured with his wife, actress Beverly Bayne. Following his initial silent film career in Hollywood, where he had become a matinee idol, Bushman and Bayne appeared at the Palace in the comedy sketch, Poor Rich Man in 1921 and toured various circuits throughout the 1920s. Bushman returned to Hollywood and continued work in film. | [143] [144] |
Butterbeans and Susie | American | Comic duo comprised of Jodie Edwards (1895 - 1967) and his wife, Susie Hawthorne (1896 - 1963). Their act was comprised of duets and comedy routines about marital troubles. The duo was active on the TOBA circuit. | [145] |
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James Cagney | 17 July 1899 | 30 March 1986 | American | Dancer, female impersonator and actor. | [146] [147] |
Marie Cahill | 7 February 1870 | 23 August 1933 | American | Singer and actress. | [148] [149] |
Cab Calloway | 25 December 1907 | 18 November 1994 | American | Musician and bandleader. Calloway headlined at the Palace in June, 1931 and at the Loew's State Theatre in 1932. | [151] |
Emma Calvé | 15 August 1858 | 6 January 1942 | French | Operatic soprano. | [152] |
Mrs. Patrick Campbell | 9 February 1965 | 9 April 1940 | British | Actress. | [153] [154] |
Judy Canova | 20 November 1913 | 5 August 1983 | American | Comedienne and singer. Performed with her brother and sister in an act called the "Three Georgia Crackers" and later in an act called "Annie, Judy & Zeke." | [155] |
Eduardo Cansino, Sr. | 2 March 1895 | 24 December 1968 | Spanish | Spanish dancer with a family dancing act, The Dancing Cansinos. The group included his wife, Volga Hayworth (1900 - 5 February 1945), daughter Rita Hayworth (17 October 1918 - 14 May 1987) and son, Eduardo, Jr. (13 October 1919 - 11 March 1974). | [156] |
Eddie Cantor | 31 January 1892 | 10 October 1964 | American | Singer and comedian who often appeared in blackface. | [157] |
Cardini | 1894 | 11 November 1975 | Welsh | Slight-of-hand magician | [158] |
Mutt Carey | 1891 | 3 September 1948 | American | Jazz trumpeter who toured the vaudeville circuits in 1917. | [159] |
Leo Carillo | 6 August 1881 | 10 September 1961 | American | Character actor. | [160] |
Alan Carney | 22 December 1909 | 2 May 1973 | American | Comic dialectician. Later worked on Broadway and on TV's The Honeymooners as Ed Norton. | [161] |
Georges Carpentier | 12 January 1894 | 28 October 1975 | French | Former boxer and song and dance man. | |
Harry Carroll | 28 November 1892 | 26 December 1962 | American | Songwriter, pianist and singer. | [162] |
Mrs. Leslie Carter | 10 June 1862 | 13 November 1937 | American | Actress. | [163] |
Emma Carus | 18 March 1879 | 18 November 1927 | German | Singing comedienne. | [164] |
Diana Serra Cary | 26 October 1918 | American | Child actress billed as Baby Peggy. | ||
Charlie Case | 1858 | 1916 | American | Blackface singer and pioneering monologist. | [165] [166] |
Vernon and Irene Castle | American (Irene) and British (Vernon) | Ballroom dance team consisting of Vernon (2 May 1887 - 15 February 1918) and his wife, Irene (17 April 1893 - 25 January 1969). | [167] | ||
Walter Catlett | 4 February 1889 | 14 November 1960 | American | Comedian who worked in vaudeville and on the legitimate stage before working in film. | [168] |
Anna Chance | 25 October 1879 | 11 September 1943 | American | Actress. | |
Lon Chaney, Sr. | 1 April 1883 | 26 August 1930 | American | Actor. | |
Charlie Chaplin | 16 April 1889 | 25 December 1977 | British-American | Actor and comedian who toured the US with the Fred Karno troupe in 1910 and 1912. | [169] |
Chaz Chase | 1902 | 4 August 1983 | American | Comedian. | [170] |
Dave Chasen | 18 July 1898 | 16 June 1973 | Russian-American | Comedian who worked with Joe Cook. | [171] |
Doc Cheatham | 13 June 1905 | 2 June 1997 | American | Trumpeter, singer and bandleader who toured TOBA working in bands accompanying blues singers. | |
Cherry Sisters | American | An act consisting of five sisters, Addie, Effie, Ella, Elizabeth and Jessie Cherry who sang, danced and acted. It was known as the worst act in vaudeville and audiences often attended to hurl produce and catcalls at them. | [173] [174] | ||
Albert Chevalier | 21 March 1861 | 10 July 1923 | British | British music hall actor and comedian. | [175] |
Frank Christian | 3 September 1887 | 27 November 1973 | American | Trumpeter. | |
Ching Ling Foo | 1854 | 1922 | Chinese | Magician. | [176] |
Chung Ling Soo | 2 April 1861 | 24 March 1918 | American | Magician. | [177] |
Paul Cinquevalli | 1859 | 1918 | German | Juggler. | [178] |
Bobby Clark | 16 June 1888 | 12 February 1960 | American | Comedian. Member, with Paul McCullough, of the comic team of Clark and McCullough. | [179] |
Bessie Clayton | 1878 | 21 July 1948 | American | Dancer. | [180] |
Stanley Clements | 16 July 1926 | 16 October 1981 | American | Actor and comedian. | |
Laddie Cliff | 13 September 1891 | 8 December 1937 | British | Eccentric dancer. | [181] |
Kathleen Clifford | 16 February 1887 | 28 December 1962 | American | Male impersonator. | [182] |
Herbert Clifton | 19 October 1885 | 26 September 1947 | British | Female impersonator and singer. | [183] |
Maggie Cline | 1 January 1857 | 11 June 1934 | American | Singer. | [184] |
E. E. Clive | 28 August 1879 | 6 June 1940 | British | Actor. | |
June Clyde | 2 December 1909 | 1 October 1987 | American | Actress, singer and dancer billed as "Baby Tetrazini." Clyde began working in vaudeville at the age of seven progressing to stage musicals and eventually appearing in films in 1929. | [185] |
Ty Cobb | 18 December 1886 | 17 July 1961 | American | Former basbeball player. | [186] |
Imogene Coca | 18 November 1908 | 2 June 2001 | American | Comedienne and dancer who was born into a showbiz family. Coca's first stagework came at the age of 11 as a dancer and she worked in nightclubs and vaude before being discovered as a comedienne. In the 50s, Coca began work on television with comedian, Sid Caesar. Her work in TV spanned decades. | [187] [188] |
Ann Codee | 5 March 1890 | 18 May 1961 | Belgian | Comedienne who toured with her husband, Frank Orth. Their act toured the world and could be performed in 5 languages. | [189] |
Cole and Johnson | American | Singing and dancing duo consisting of Bob Cole (1 July 1869 - 2 August 1911) and J. Rosamond Johnson (11 August 1873 - 11 November 1954). | [190] | ||
Michael Coleman | 1889 | 1945 | Irish | Irish fiddler. | |
Charles "Honi" Coles | 2 April 1911 | 12 November 1992 | American | Tap dancer. | [191] |
Lottie Collins | 1866 | 1 May 1910 | British | Singer-comedienne. Most well known for popularizing the song, "Ta-Ra-Ra-Boom-De-Ay!." | [192] |
Pinto Colvig | 11 September 1892 | 3 October 1967 | American | Clown. | |
Chester Conklin | 11 January 1886 | 11 October 1971 | American | Comedian and actor. Later worked as one of Mack Sennett's Keystone Kops and appeared in some of Charlie Chaplin's films. | [193] |
Conlin and Glass | 14 October 1884 | 7 May 1962 | American | Comic duo consisting of Jimmy Conlin (14 October 1884 - 7 May 1962) and his wife, Myrtle Glass. | |
Jackie Coogan | 26 October 1914 | 1 March 1984 | American | Child actor who appeared in Annette Kellerman's revue. | [194] |
Elisha Cook Jr. | 26 December 1902 | 18 May 1995 | American | Actor. Cook first appeared onstage at the age of 14 and worked onstage in stock theatre, vaudeville and Broadway. His first film appearance was in 1929. | [195] |
Joe Cook | 1890 | 16 May 1959 | American | Born Joseph Lopez, Joe Cook first appeared in vaudeville in a juggling act with his brother, billed as "The Juggling Kids." He made one of his first solo appearances in July of 1907 at Proctor's 125th Street Theatre, New York. He began incorporating comedy, props and monologues into his act and on 2 January 1922, he played the Palace. Following vaudeville, Cook appeared on Broadway and was heard on the radio. | [196] [197] |
Baldwin Cooke | 10 March 1888 | 31 December 1953 | American | Actor who toured vaudeville with his wife, Alice and Stan Laurel. | |
John W. Cooper | 1873 | 1966 | American | Ventriloquist with his dummy, Sam Jackson. | [198] |
James "Gentleman Jim" J. Corbett | 1 September 1866 | 18 February 1933 | American | Boxer, actor and monologist. | [199] |
Maurice Costello | 22 February 1877 | 30 October 1950 | American | Comedian. | [200] |
Willie Covan | 1896 | 7 May 1989 | American | Tap dancer. | [201] |
Ida Cox | 25 February 1896 | 10 November 1967 | American | Blues singer who toured in vaudeville from 1923-9. One of the bandmembers accompanying her was Earl Palmer. | [202] |
Joseph E. Coyne | 27 March 1867 | 17 February 1941 | American | Comedian. | [203] |
Henry Creamer | 21 June 1879 | 14 October 1930 | American | Singer and songwriter. | |
Will Cressy | 20 October 1863 | 7 May 1930 | American | Actor and writer. | [204] |
Crumit and Sanderson | American | Husband and wife singing duo with Frank Crumit (26 September 1888 - 7 September 1943) and Julia Sanderson (20 August 1887 - 27 January 1975). | [205] | ||
Pauline Curley | 19 December 1903 | 16 December 2000 | American | From the age of 7, Curley appeared onstage, including in vaudeville, where she was a singer and dancer. From 1915-28, Curley appeared in silent films. | [206] |
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Performance Notes | Reference | |
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Dan Dailey | 4 December 1913 | 16 October 1978 | American | Dancer, singer and actor. | [207] | |
Peter F. Dailey | 1868 | 1908 | American | Comedian, one of the members of the popular act, "The American Four." His debut on the legitimate stage was with the Howard Atheneum Company. Later, he appeared with Webber and Fields. | [208] | |
Dorothy Dalton | 22 September 1893 | 13 April 1972 | American | Actress. | ||
Viola Dana | 28 June 1897 | 3 July 1987 | American | Actress. Before she worked in silent films, Dana worked extensively on the legitimate stage. Her first foray into vaudeville was in a playlet called There Goes the Bride which received bad reviews. She tried her hand at vaude again with a sketch by Anita Loos called, The Inkwell, supported by Edward Arnold which did much better. | [209] | |
Marion Davies | 3 January 1897 | 23 September 1961 | American | Singer, dancer, actress and Ziegfeld girl. Davies appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 and her debut on the silver screen occurred shortly thereafter. | [210] | |
Reine Davies | 6 June 1886 | 5 April 1938 | American | Singer and actress. | ||
Benny Davis | 21 August 1895 | 20 December 1979 | American | Pianist, singer and songwriter. | [211] | |
Joan Davis | 29 June 1907 | 22 May 1961 | American | Actress. | [212] | |
Sammy Davis, Jr. | 8 December 1925 | 16 May 1990 | American | Dancer and singer. Later one of the more important entertainers of the 20th century. | [213] | |
Sammy Davis, Sr. | 12 December 1900 | 21 May 1988 | American | Dancer. Father of Sammy Davis, Jr.. | [214] | |
Hazel Dawn | 23 March 1890 | 28 August 1988 | American | Musical comedy actress. Dawn debuted in vaudeville at New York's Alhambra Theatre in 1923 in a sketch called, The Pink Lady. She appeared at the Palace in January of 1924 in a playlet called, The Land of Love by Edgar Allen Woolf. Additionally, Dawn appeared in 11 feature films for the Famous Player Film Company between 1914-7. | [215] | |
Mlle. Dazie | 16 September 1884 | 12 August 1952 | American | Toe-dancer. Dazie's first appearance in vaudeville was as "Le Domino Rouge" in an act where she wore a red mask. After she got rid of the mask, she was billed as "Mlle. Dazie" and it was under this name that she appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies. She toured the Keith circuit in a ballet panotmime, L'Amour d'Artiste and headlined the Palace in 1917 in another ballet pantomime directed by Herbert Brenon. | [216] | |
Vaughn De Leath | 26 September 1896 | 28 May 1943 | American | Actress and singer. | [217] | |
Dizzy Dean | 16 January 1910 | 17 July 1974 | American | Former basbeball player who appeared in vaude. | [218] | |
Carter DeHaven | 5 October 1886 | 20 July 1977 | American | Comedian. | [219] | |
Dorothy Dell | 30 January 1915 | 28 June 1934 | American | Singer and dancer in a duo with Allan Mann. | [220] | |
William Demarest | 27 February 1892 | 28 December 1983 | American | Comedian. | [221] | |
Gaby Deslys | 4 September 1881 | 11 February 1920 | French | Singer and dancer. | [222] | |
Elliott Dexter | 29 March 1870 | 21 November 1949 | American | Actor. Later worked in silent films. | [223] | |
William Dillon | 6 November 1877 | 10 February 1966 | American | Singer and songwriter. | [224] | |
Henry E. Dixey | 6 January 1859 | 25 February 1943 | American | Actor, dancer and comedian. | [225] | |
Lew Dockstader | 1856 | 26 October 1924 | American | Comedian and minstrel. | [226] | |
Dolly Sisters | Hungarian-American | Twin sisters, Rosie and Jenny (25 October 1892 - 1 May 1941 Jenny and 1 Janusary 1970 Rosie) who had a dance act. | [227] | |||
Kitty Doner | 1895 | 26 August 1988 | American | Male impersonator and dancer. Of the male impersonators in vaude, Doner was the best known American-born male "imp". She was the first male impersonator to play the Palace, in 1919 and she played there again in May of 1926. | [228] | |
Mike Donlin | 30 May 1878 | 24 September 1943 | American | Former major league baseball player who entered vaudeville after marrying a vaude actress, Mabel Hite. Acted in a one-act play, Stealing Home and later worked as a comedian with Tom Lewis. | [229] | |
Jack Donohue | 1892 | 1 October 1930 | American | Dancer, singer and actor. Worked with his wife, Alice Stewart, as Donohue & Stewart. | [230] | |
Red Dooin | 12 July 1879 | 12 May 1952 | American | Baseball player who appeared in vaude first with a singing act and a singing and talking act with Dumon's Minstrels in Philadelphia, 1910. | [231] | |
Fifi D'Orsay | 16 April 1907 | 2 December 1982 | Canadian | Comedienne. | [232] | |
Billie Dove | 4 May 1901 | 31 December 1998 | American | Ziegfeld girl in the Follies of 1917 and 1918. Later, Dove appeared in films and was a minstress to William Randolph Hearst. | [233] | |
Eddie Dowling | 9 December 1894 | 18 February 1976 | American | Actor and singer. | [234] | |
Johnny Downs | 10 October 1913 | 6 June 1994 | American | Child actor who appeared in the Our Gang series of shorts along with several feature films. Following his film work, he appeared in vaudeville in the early 1930s. | [235] | |
Thomas Nelson Downs | 16 March 1867 | September 1938 | American | Magician specializing in coin tricks. | ||
Louise Dresser | 5 October 1878 | 24 April 1965 | American | Singer and actress. | [236] | |
Marie Dressler | 9 November 1869 | 28 July 1934 | Canadian | Comedienne and singer. | [237] | |
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew | American | Husband and wife comic team with Sidney (28 August 1868 - 9 April 1919) and Gladys Rankin Drew (c. 1874 - 9 January 1914). | [238] | |||
Dave Dreyer | 22 September 1894 | 1967 | American | Pianist and songwriter. | ||
Duffy and Sweeney | American | Knockabout comedy act consisting of James Terence Duffy (1889 - 30 March 1939]] and Frederick Chase Sweeney (1894 - 10 December 1954. | [239] | |||
Margaret Dumont | 20 October 1882 | 6 March 1965 | American | Actress and singer. | ||
Duncan Sisters | American | Singing sister act comprised of Vivian (17 June 1899 - 19 September 1986) and Rosetta Duncan (23 November 1896 - 4 December 1959). | [240] | |||
James Dunn | 2 November 1905 | 3 September 1967 | American | Actor. | ||
Jack Durant | 12 April 1905 | 7 January 1984 | American | Acrobat and comedian. | [241] | |
Jimmy Durante | 10 February 1893 | 29 January 1980 | American | Comedian, actor and singer. | [242] | |
Walter Dyett | 11 January 1901 | 17 November 1969 | American | Violinist and conductor of vaudeville pit orchestras. Following his work in vaudeville, Dyett became a noted music educator working at Chicago's DuSable High School. As a music teacher and director of school ensembles, Dyett influenced many up-and-coming jazz, blues and rock musicians. | ||
Jacqueline Dyris | Belgian | Dancer. |
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Performance Notes | Reference | |
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Charles Eaton | 22 June 1910 | 15 August 2004 | American | Actor. | ||
Mary Eaton | 29 January 1901 | 10 October 1948 | American | Singer, dancer, actress and Ziegfeld girl. | ||
Pearl Eaton | 1 August 1898 | 10 September 1958 | American | Singer, dancer, actress and Ziegfeld girl. | ||
Buddy and Vilma Ebsen | 2 April 1908 | 6 July 2003 | American | Husband and wife dance duo with Buddy (2 April 1908 - 6 July 2003) and Vilma (b. 1 February 1911). | [244] | |
Gertrude Ederle | 23 October 1905 | 30 November 2003 | American | Competitive swimmer and first woman to swim across the English Channel. | [245] | |
Cliff Edwards a.k.a. Ukelele Ike | 14 June 1895 | 17 July 1971 | American | Singer, ukulele player and musician. | [246] | |
Gus Edwards | 18 August 1879 | 7 November 1945 | German-American | Singer, songwriter and producer. Known for such songs as "School Days" and "In My Merry Oldsmobile." | [247] | |
Kate Elinore | ? | 30 December 1924 | American | Singing comedienne. | [248] | |
Duke Ellington | 29 April 1899 | 24 May 1974 | American | Musician and bandleader who toured the RKO circuit around 1927, headlining at the Palace in 1930. | [249] [250] | |
Julian Eltinge | 14 May 1881 | 7 March 1941 | American | Female impersonator and actor. | [251] | |
June Elvidge | 30 June 1893 | 1 May 1965 | American | Actress. | ||
Hope Emerson | 29 October 1897 | 25 April 1960 | American | Comedian known for her large build (6'2", 230 lbs.) who appeared in vaude and on Broadway in the 20s and 30s. Emerson began working in films in the early 1930s. | [252] | |
Knute Erickson | 27 May 1872 | 31 December 1945 | American | Swedish comedian. | [253] | |
Bert Erroll | 11 August 1883 | 28 November 1949 | British | Female impersonator. | [254] | |
Leon Errol | 3 July 1881 | 12 October 1951 | Australian | Comedian. | [255] | |
Ruth Etting | 23 November 1896 | 24 September 1978 | American | Singer and actress. | [256] | |
James Reese Europe | 22 February 1881 | 9 May 1919 | American | Bandleader of the ragtime "Society Orchestra" which accompanied Vernon and Irene Castle in their ballroom dance act. After serving in World War I and becoming the director of the 369th Infantry Band, Europe (now Lieutenant Europe) toured France and American vaudeville with the band. During this US tour, he began incorporating jazz elements into the ragtime music the band played. It was during this same tour that he was stabbed in the neck by one of his band members. | [257] | |
George "Honey Boy" Evans | 10 March 1870 | 12 March 1915 | American | Minstrel. | [259] |
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Performance Notes | Reference | |
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Nanette Fabray | 27 October 1922 | American | Singer and actress. | [260] | ||
Elinor Fair | 21 December 1903 | 26 April 1957 | American | Actress and one of the leading ladies of silent films. Fair made her start in vaudeville as well as musical comedies and stock companies. | [261] | |
Dustin Farnum | 27 May 1874 | 3 July 1939 | American | Singer, dancer and actor with his brother, William Farnum. | [262] | |
William Farnum | 4 July 1876 | 5 June 1953 | American | Singer, dancer and actor with his brother, Dustin Farnum. | [263] | |
Edward M. Favor | 29 August 1856 | 10 January 1936 | American | Singer and comedian. | ||
Anna Eva Fay | ? | 12 May 1927 | American | Mind reader. | [264] | |
Elfie Fay | 1881 | 18 September 1927 | American | Comic singer. | [265] | |
Frank Fay | 17 November 1897 | 25 September 1961 | American | Comedian. | [266] | |
Alice Faye | 5 May 1915 | 9 May 1998 | American | Actress and singer. Faye's first professional appearance was as a singer and dancer at the age of 14. While appearing in George White's Scandals, Rudy Valee spotted her and she later toured vaudeville circuits with his band. | [267] | |
Frank Faylen | 8 December 1905 | 2 August 1985 | American | Pantomimist, clown and song and dance man. | [268] | |
Louise Fazenda | 17 June 1895 | 17 April 1962 | American | Trapeze artist. | ||
Arthur Fields | 6 August 1888 | 29 March 1953 | American | Singer, songwriter and minstrel. | [269] | |
Benny Fields | 14 June 1894 | 16 August 1959 | American | Singer and actor. | [270] | |
Gracie Fields | 1898 | 1979 | British | Singer and comedienne. | [271] | |
Sidney Fields | 5 February 1898 | 28 September 1975 | American | In a comedy team with Jack Greenman. | ||
W. C. Fields | 29 January 1880 | 25 December 1946 | American | Comedian, juggler and actor. | [272] [273] [274] | |
Flora Finch | 17 June 1869 | 4 January 1940 | British-American | Born into a music hall family, Finch also made a splash in American vaudeville, appearing at the palace in January of 1922. The actress also appeared with John Bunny in many films. | [275] | |
Ella Fitzgerald | 25 April 1917 | 15 June 1996 | American | Singer. | [276] | |
Bud Flanagan | 29 March 1908 | 31 August 1968 | American | Appeared in family's vaude act from infancy. Appeared later in films as Dennis O'Keefe. | [277] | |
Jay C. Flippen | 6 March 1898 | 3 February 1971 | American | White and blackface comedian. | [278] | |
Henry Fonda | 16 May 1905 | 14 October 1977 | American | Actor who toured vaudeville with George Billings. | [279] | |
Wallace Ford | 12 February 1898 | 11 June 1966 | British | Actor. | [280] | |
Four Cohans | American | Family comedy troupe consisting of father Jeremiah "Jere" Cohan (1848 – 1917), mother Helen "Nellie" Costigan Cohan (1854 – 1928), daughter Josephine "Josie" Cohan Niblo (1874 – 1916) and son George M. Cohan (3 or 4 July 1878 - 5 November 1942). | [281] | |||
Harry Fox | 25 May 1882 | 20 July 1959 | American | Dancer and comedian. Creator of the Fox Trot. | [282] | |
Eddie Foy | 9 March 1856 | 16 February 1928 | American | Comedian and singer. | [283] [284] | |
Eddie Foy, Jr. | 4 February 1905 | 15 July 1983 | American | Son of Eddie Foy and a member of his Seven Little Foys. | [285] | |
Irene Franklin | 13 June 1876 | 16 June 1941 | American | Singing comedienne. | [286] | |
Sidney Franklin | 1903 | 6 April 1976 | American | Bullfighter. | [287] | |
William Frawley | 26 February 1887 | 3 March 1966 | American | Actor and singer. | [288] | |
Arthur Freed | 9 September 1894 | 12 April 1973 | American | Singer and comedian. | [289] | |
Kathleen Freeman | 17 February 1919 | 23 August 2001 | American | Danced at an early age in her parent's vaudeville act. | ||
Leopoldo Fregoli | 2 July 1867 | 26 November 1932 | Italian | Protean or quick-change artist. | [290] | |
Ford Frick | 19 December 1894 | 8 April 1978 | American | Sportswriter who appeared in vaude. | [291] | |
Trixie Friganza | 29 November 1870 | 27 February 1955 | American | Singer. | [292] | |
Frankie Frisch | 9 September 1897 | 12 March 1973 | American | Former basbeball player who appeared in vaude. | [293] | |
Joe Frisco | 4 November 1889 | 12 February 1958 | American | Dancer and comedian. | [294] | |
Loie Fuller | 15 January 1862 | 1 Janusary 1929 | American | Dancer. | [295] | |
Will Fyffe | 16 February 1885 | 14 December 1947 | Scottish | Comedian and singer. | [296] |
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Performance Notes | Reference |
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Gallagher and Shean | American (Gallagher) and German-American (Shean) | Comic duo consisting of Edward Gallagher (1873 - 28 May 1929) and Al Shean (12 May 1868 - 12 August 1949). | [297] | ||
Maria Galvany | 1878 | 1949 | Spanish | Coloratura soprano. | |
Tess Gardella known as "Aunt Jemima" | 1898 | 3 January 1950 | American | Iconic blackface character played by Tess Gardella. | [298] |
Judy Garland | 10 June 1922 | 22 June 1969 | American | Actress and singer. | [299] |
Paul Garner | 31 July 1909 | 8 August 2004 | American | Comedian. | |
William Gaxton | 2 December 1893 | 2 February 1963 | American | Actor. | [300] |
Charlie Gehringer | 11 May 1903 | 21 January 1993 | American | Baseball player who appeared in vaude. | [301] |
Gladys George | 13 September 1904 | 8 December 1954 | American | Toured with her family act, "The Three Clares," later called "Little Gladys George and Company." | [302] |
George Gershwin | 26 September 1896 | 11 July 1937 | American | Pianist, sonwriter and composer, Gershwin accompanied Nora Bayes and Louise Dresser. After his brief foray into vaudeville, Gershwin became one of the most celebrated American composers of the early 20th century. | [303] |
Dorothy Gibson | 17 May 1889 | 17 February 1946 | American | Actress. | |
Ella Margaret Gibson | 14 September 1894 | 21 October 1964 | American | Actress. | |
Billy Gilbert | 12 September 1894 | 23 September 1971 | American | Comedian and actor known for his sneeze routines. | [304] |
L. Wolfe Gilbert | 31 August 1886 | 12 July 1970 | Russian-American | Singer and songwriter. | [305] |
Jack Gilford | 1907 | 1990 | American | Actor and comedian. | [306] |
Charles Sidney Gilpin | 20 November 1878 | 6 May 1930 | American | Actor. | [307] |
Lottie Gilson | 1867 | 10 June 1912 | American | Soubrette and the first vaudevillian to use a singing stooge. | [308] |
Billy Glasen | 10 Spetember 1904 | American | Singing comedian and monologist. | [309] | |
Frank Glazer | 1915 | American | Pianist. | ||
Madeline Gleason | 1903 | 1979 | American | Singer and dancer. | |
Elinor Glyn | 17 October 1964 | 23 September 1943 | British | Novelist. | [310] |
George Fuller Golden | 1868 | 17 February 1912 | American | Singer, dancer and monologist. | [311] |
Horace Goldin | 17 December 1867 | 22 August 1939 | Polish | Magician, the first one to play the Palace in 1913. | [312] [313] |
Lefty Gomez | 26 November 1908 | 17 February 1989 | American | Former baseball player and monologist. | [314] |
Nathaniel Carl Goodwin | 25 July 1857 | 31 Januray 1919 | American | Actor and comedian. | [315] |
David Gorcey | 6 February 1921 | 23 October 1984 | American | Singer. Later he became a noted disc jockey. | |
Bert Gordon | 8 April 1895 | 30 November 1974 | American | Comedian. | [316] |
Mack Gordon | 21 June 1904 | 1 March 1959 | American | Actor and singer. | [317] |
Taylor Gordon | 1893 | 1971 | American | Actor. | |
Morton Gould | 10 December 1913 | 21 February 1996 | American | Pianist. | |
Hank Gowdy | 24 August 1889 | 1 August 1966 | American | Former baseball player, singer and comedian. | [318] |
Cary Grant under his given name, Archie Leach | 18 January 1904 | 29 November 1986 | British | Toured the US with the Penders acrobatic troupe. Was a stilt-walker with the Loumas troupe and served as leading man to actress, Jean Dalrymple, in one-act plays. | [319] |
Charles Grapewin | 20 December 1869 | 2 February 1956 | American | Actor and comedian. | [320] |
Gilda Gray | 24 October 1901 | 22 December 1959 | Polish-American | Dancer who introduced the "Shimmy," a dance involving the shaking of the hips. Gray starred in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 and later appeared at the Palace as a dancer. | [321] |
Gene Greene | 9 June 1881 | 5 April 1930 | American | Singer and composer. | |
Charlotte Greenwood | 25 June 1890 | 28 December 1977 | American | Dancer and actress. | [322] |
Arthur F. Griffith | 30 July 1880 | 25 December 1911 | American | Mathematical prodigy. | |
Larry Griswold | 17 September 1905 | 24 August 1996 | American | Acrobat and gymnast. | |
Grock | 10 January 1880 | 14 July 1959 | Swiss | Clown. | [323] |
Yvette Guilbert | 20 January 1865 | 2 February 1944 | French | Chanteuse. | [324] |
Texas Guinan | 12 January 1884 | 5 November 1933 | American | Singer. | [325] |
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Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Performance Notes | Reference | |
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Janette Hackett | 1898 | 16 August 1979 | American | Dancer with Harry Delmar (9 September 1892 - 29 August 1954) in the duo Hackett and Delmar. | [326] | |
Jack Haley | 10 August 1898 | 6 June 1979 | American | Actor and singer. | [327] [328] | |
Adelaide Hall | 20 October 1904 | 7 November 1993 | British | Blues singer. | [329] [330] | |
Nan Halperin | 1898 | 30 May 1963 | Russian-American | Singing comedienne. | [331] | |
Walter Hampden | 30 June 1879 | 11 June 1955 | American | Actor. | [332] | |
Hunter Hancock | 1916 | 4 August 2004 | American | Singer. Later he became a noted disc jockey. | ||
Lou Handman | 10 September 1894 | 9 December 1956 | American | Pianist and songwriter. | ||
W. C. Handy | 16 November 1873 | 28 March 1958 | American | Musician known as "The Father of the Blues." | [333] [334] | |
Fred Haney | 25 April 1896 | 9 November 1977 | American | Former basbeball player who appeared in vaude. | [335] | |
Poodles Hanneford | 1892 | 9 December 1967 | British | Clown and bareback horse rider. | [336] | |
Theodore Hardeen | 4 March 1876 | 12 June 1945 | Hungarian | Magician and escape artist; Harry Houdini's brother. | [337] | |
Otis Harlan | 29 December 1865 | 21 January 1940 | American | Actor. Appeared in a burlesque called Hell by Renold Wolf in the first show at New York City's Folies Bergere, April 16, 1911. | [338] | |
Ben Harney | 6 March 1872 | 2 March 1938 | American | Pianist, singer and songwriter. | [339] | |
Harrigan and Hart | American | Comic duo comprised of Edward Harrigan (26 October 1844 - 6 June 1911) and Tony Hart (25 July 1855 - 4 November 1891). | [340] [341] | |||
Marion Harris | ? | 23 April 1944 | American | Singer. | [342] | |
Mildred Harris | 29 November 1901 | 20 July 1944 | American | Harris began as a juvenile actress in vaudeville, burlesque, on the legit stage and on film where she appeared at the age of 9. Later Charlie Chaplin's first wife, she appeared in a playlet, Getting the Money at the Royal Theatre in New York in February of 1922. | [343] [344] | |
Hartman and Hartman | American | Comedy dance team with Paul (1 March 1904 - 2 October 1973) and his sister, Grace Hartman (7 January 1907 - 8 August 1955) | [345] | |||
Morton Harvey | 1886 | 1961 | American | Singer. | ||
Loney Haskell | 1870 | 20 October 1933 | American | Monologist. | [346] | |
June Havoc | 8 November 1916 | American | Actress and dancer. Sister of Gypsy Rose Lee. | [347] | ||
George 'Gabby' Hayes | 7 May 1885 | 9 February 1969 | American | Actor who appeared in vaudeville before entering films in the 1920s where he was seen mostly in Westerns. | [348] | |
Grace Hayes | 23 August 1895 | 1 February 1989 | American | Singer. | [349] | |
Helen Hayes | 10 October 1900 | 17 March 1993 | American | Actress. | ||
Peter Lind Hayes | 25 June 1915 | 21 April 1998 | American | Actor. | [350] | |
Rita Hayworth | 17 October 1918 | 14 May 1987 | American | Dancer in her family's Spanish dancing act, The Dancing Cansinos led by her father, Eduardo Cansino, Sr.. | [351] | |
Ted Healy | 1 October 1896 | 21 December 1937 | American | Blackface comedian, dancer and singer. | [352] | |
Lew Hearn | 15 February 1882 | February 1965 | Polish | Comedian. | [353] | |
Hy Heath | 1890 | 1965 | American | Comedian and songwriter. | ||
Millicent Hearst | 16 July 1882 | 5 December 1974 | American | Performer until she became the wife of William Randolph Hearst. | ||
Horace Heidt | 21 May 1901 | 1 December 1986 | American | Pianist and bandleader of the band, "Horace Heidt and His Musical Knights". | [354] | |
Anna Held | 8 March 1872 | 12 August 1918 | Polish | Actress and singer. | [355] | |
Percy Helton | 31 January 1894 | 11 September 1971 | American | Appeared in his father's vaude act at the age of 2. | ||
Fletcher Henderson | 18 December 1897 | 28 December 1952 | American | Pianist, bandleader and composer at one time teamed with Eubie Blake. Henderson later toured with Ethel Waters from 1921-2. | [356] [357] | |
Ray Henderson | 1 December 1896 | 31 December 1970 | American | Song and dance man and songwriter. | [358] | |
Herschel Henlere or Hendler | 14 December 1890 | 13 January 1968 | Canadian | Pianist and comedian. | [359] | |
Beatrice Herford | 1868 | 1952 | British-American | Monologist. | [360] | |
Al Herman | 1886 | 2 July 1967 | American | Blackface comedian. | [361] | |
Woody Herman | 16 May 1913 | 29 October 1987 | American | Clarinetist, saxophonist, singer and bandleader. | [362] | |
Juano Hernández | 19 July 1901 | 17 July 1970 | Puerto Rican | Originally a boxer, Hernández quit the sport in the early 1920s and worked in traveling and minstrel shows, circuses and in vaudeville before entering film. | [363] | |
Alexander Herrmann billed as "The Great Herrmann" | 11 February 1844 | 11 December 1896 | German | Magician. Upon his death, Herrmann's wife, Adelaide (1854 - 1932) took over his act. | [364] | |
Art Hickman | 13 June 1886 | 1930 | American | Bandleader. | [365] | |
Hildegarde | 1 February 1906 | 29 July 2005 | American | Singer. | [366] | |
Bertha "Chippie" Hill | 15 March 1905 | 7 May 1950 | American | Blues singer. Initially Hill appeared on the TOBA circuit as a singer and dancer with the Rabbit Foot Minstrels. | [367] | |
Daisy and Violet Hilton | 5 February 1908 | 6 January 1969 | British | Conjoined twins. | [368] | |
Raymond Hitchcock | 22 October 1865 | 24 November 1929 | American | Monologist. | [369] | |
Gertrude Hoffman | 17 May 1871 | 21 October 1966 | German | Interpretive dancer. | [370] | |
Ernest Hogan | 1859 | 20 May 1909 | American | Blackface comedian billed as "the Unbleached American." Credited with the creation of the "coon" song and as one of the creators of ragtime music. | [371] | |
Fay Holderness | 16 April 1881 | 13 May 1963 | American | Actress. | ||
Taylor Holmes | 16 May 1878 | 30 Spetember 1959 | American | Light actor. | [372] | |
Lou Holtz | 11 April 1893 | 22 September 1980 | American | Comedian and dialectical singer. | [373] | |
Bob Hope | 29 May 1903 | 27 July 2003 | British-American | Actor and comedian. | [374] | |
DeWolf Hopper | 30 March 1858 | 23 September 1935 | American | Actor and comedian, known for his recitations of the poem, Casey at the Bat. | [375] | |
Edna Wallace Hopper | 17 January 1874 | 14 December 1959 | American | Actress. | [376] | |
Edward Everett Horton | 18 March 1886 | 29 September 1970 | American | Singer and dancer. | ||
Allen "Farina" Hoskins | 9 August 1920 | 26 July 1980 | American | Child actor who appeared in the Our Gang series of short films. He and his sister, Janie, had an act together. | ||
Harry Houdini | 24 March 1874 | 31 October 1926 | Hungarian | Magician and escape artist. | [377] | |
Howard Brothers | American | Comic duo made up of Willie Howard (1886 - 1949) and Eugene Howard (1880 - 1965). | [378] | |||
Joseph Howard | 12 February 1867 | 19 May 1961 | American | Singer and sonwriter. | [379] | |
Buddy Howe | c. 1910 | 4 March 1981 | American | Acrobatic dancer. | [380] | |
Alice Howell | 5 May 1888 | 12 April 1961 | American | Comedienne in an act with her husband, Dick Smith. | [381] | |
Waite Hoyt | 9 September 1899 | 25 August 1984 | American | Singer and dancer. | ||
Doris Humphrey | 17 October 1895 | 29 December 1958 | American | Dancer. | ||
Walter Huston | 6 April 1884 | 7 April 1950 | Canadian | Actor and singer. | [382] | |
Hyams and McIntyre | American | Husband-wife comedic duo with John Hyams (6 June 1869 - 9 December 1940) and Leila McIntyre (20 December 1882 - 9 January 1953). Their daughter, Leila (1 May 1905 - 4 December 1977), appeared with them as a child. | [383] [384] |
I-J
Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Performance Notes | Reference | |
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Roger Imhof | 15 January 1875 | 15 April 1958 | American | Clown and Irish comic. | [385] | |
May Irwin | 27 June 1862 | 22 October 1938 | Canadian | Comedienne and actress. | [386] | |
Joe Jackson Sr. | 1873 | 1942 | Austrian | Clown and bicyclist. | [387] | |
Lou Jacobs | 1 January 1903 | 13 September 1992 | German | Clown. | ||
Elsie Janis | 16 March 1889 | 26 February 1956 | American | Singer and actress. | [388] [389] | |
Frank Jenks | 4 November 1902 | 13 May 1962 | American | Singer and dancer. | [390] | |
George Jessel | 3 April 1898 | 23 May 1981 | American | Actor and singer. | [391] | |
Jack Johnson | 31 March 1878 | 10 June 1946 | American | First African-American Heavyweight Champion of the World. | [392] | |
George W. Johnson | c. 1855 | 1914 | American | Singer. | ||
Ralph Johnstone | 1886 | 17 November 1910 | American | Bicyclist. Originated the trick of jumping a bicycle up and down stairs on one wheel. | [393] | |
Al Jolson | 26 May 1886 | 23 October 1950 | Lithuanian-American | Actor and singer. | [394] [395] | |
Ada Jones | 1 June 1873 | 22 May 1922 | British-American | Singer. | ||
Sissieretta Jones | 5 January 1869 | 24 June 1933 | American | Singer. | [396] | |
Alice Joyce | 1 October 1890 | 9 October 1955 | American | Actress. |
K
Name | Birth | Death | Nationality | Performance Notes | Reference |
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Armand Kaliz | 23 October 1887 | 1 February 1941 | French | Actor. | |
Bert Kalmar | 10 February 1884 | 18 September 1947 | American | Magician and songwriter teamed with Harry Ruby. | [397] |
Harry Kandel | 1885 | 1943 | Russian | Clarinetist and bandleader. | |
Helen Kane | 4 August 1903 | 26 September 1966 | American | Singer. | [398] |
Kara | 17 October 1883 | 9 April 1939 | German | Juggler credited as performing the first "Gentleman juggling" act. Dressed in a top hat and tails, Kara would then juggle the numerous props onstage. | [399] [400] |
Beatrice Kay | 21 April 1907 | 8 November 1986 | American | Singer and actress. | |
Stubby Kaye | 11 November 1918 | 14 December 1997 | American | Comic actor. | [401] |
Buster Keaton | 4 October 1895 | 1 February 1966 | American | Actor, acrobat and comedian. Member of his family's act, The Three Keatons, with his parents, Joe (1867 - 1946) and Myra (1877 - 1955). | [402] |
Frank Keenan | 8 April 1858 | 24 February 1929 | American | Actor. | [403] |
Harry Kellar | 1849 | 1922 | American | Magician. | [404] |
Helen Keller | 27 June 1880 | 1 June 1968 | American | Deafblind lecturer. Appeared with her teacher, Anne Sullivan. | [405] |
Keller Sisters and Lynch | American | Singing trio of siblings consisting of Annie Catherine "Nan" Keller (1900 - 1975), Kathryne Ann "Taddy" Keller (1909 - 1962) and Frank Lynch (1902 - 1992). | |||
Annette Kellerman | 6 July 1887 | 5 November 1975 | Australian | Swimmer. | [406] |
Gene Kelly | 23 August 1912 | 2 February 1996 | American | Dancer, singer and actor. | [407] |
George Kelly | 16 January 1887 | 18 June 1974 | American | Actor. | |
King Kelly | 31 December 1857 | 8 November 1894 | American | Former baseball player and comedian. | |
Walter Kelly | 29 October 1873 | 6 January 1939 | American | Monologist and dialectician. | [408] |
Pert Kelton | 23 August 1912 | 2 February 1996 | American | Dancer, singer and actor. | [409] |
Freddie Keppard | 27 February 1890 | 15 July 1933 | American | Jazz cornetist. | [410] |
Jerome Kern | 27 January 1885 | 11 November 1945 | American | Pianist and accompanist for Edna Wallace Hopper. Kern later became one of the best known musical theatre composers of the early 20th century. | [411] |
J. Warren Kerrigan | 1916 | 4 August 2004 | American | Singer. Later he became a noted disc jockey. | |
Joseph Kesselring | 25 July 1879 | 9 June 1947 | American | Actor. | |
Victor Kilian | 6 March 1891 | 11 March 1979 | American | Actor. | [412] |
Charles King | 1889 | 1941 | American | Song and dance man later on Broadway and in the Ziegfeld Follies. | [413] |
Hetty King | 1883 | 28 September 1972 | British | Male impersonator and singer. | [414] |
Johnny Kling | 25 February 1875 | 31 January 1947 | American | Baseball player who appeared in vaude with a monologue and a champ billiards exhibition act. | [415] |
Fred Kohler | 20 April 1888 | 28 October 19638 | American | Character actor. | [416] |
Kolb and Dill | American | Dutch dialect knockabout comic duo with Clarence Kolb (31 July 1874 - 25 November 1964) and Max Dill (15 September 1876 - 21 November 1949). | [417] |
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