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Vent Haven Museum was founded by William Shakespeare Berger (1878–1972), a Cincinnati businessman and amateur ventriloquist. [4] Berger amassed his collection of approximately 500 dummies from 1910 until his death. [5]
A ventriloquist entertaining children at the Pueblo, Colorado, Buell Children's Museum Modern ventriloquists use multiple types of puppets in their presentations, ranging from soft cloth or foam puppets (Verna Finly's work is a pioneering example), flexible latex puppets (such as Steve Axtell's creations) and the traditional and familiar hard ...
Mark Wade is an American children's ventriloquist. [1] He has performed and lectured internationally on the subject, and was named "Ventriloquist Of The Year" in 1980. [2] He is the executive director of the Vent Haven International Ventriloquists' ConVENTion, [3] and is the executive director of Maher Ventriloquist Studios, [4] the oldest established ventriloquist studio that teaches the art ...
This is a list of notable ventriloquists and their best known characters. It is ordered by nationality or country in which they were notable in an alphabetical order, and then by alphabetical order of surname.
The Great Lester with Frank Byron Jr. on his knee, c. 1904 Young 1897 Harry E. Lester in Thanes The Egg.. Harry Lester (born Maryan Czajkowski; 8 September 1878 – 14 July 1956), best known by his stage name The Great Lester, was a Polish-American seminal vaudeville ventriloquist.
Harrington appeared in Boston in 1831, "astonishing Bostonians with ventriloquism at Concert Hall." [1]In 1834, he performed at Boston's Federal Street Theatre.Around that time he is described as a "professor of ventriloquism and natural magic, the same gentleman who still continues to appear at different periods of the year in this and the surrounding cities, making short excursions ...
A comic whose distinctive shtick continues to resonate with big crowds is coming back to Columbia. Jeff Dunham — whose act centers on an array of not-so culturally sensitive ventriloquist dummy ...
Jules Vernon (2 April 1867 – 17 May 1937) was an American ventriloquist. ... are on display at the Vent Haven Museum in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. As time passed, ...