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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 1924 in a playlet called, The Land of Love by Edgar Allen Woolf. Additionally, Dawn appeared in 11 feature films for the Famous Players Film Company between 1914 and 1917. [247] Mlle ...
Comedian who formed an act called "Johnny's New Car" with Rose Francis in 1903 and toured the Orpheum Circuit until finding greater success in silent films. [10] Lillie Langtry: October 13, 1853 February 12, 1929 British Actress, widely known as the mistress of Edward VII. [11] Grace La Rue: June 14, 1895 July 17, 1971 American Dancer and ...
Rock adopted the name Marie Blake for her film career, beginning as a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player in 1937 with an uncredited appearance in My Dear Miss Aldrich.Her first credited major part was Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938), and she then played her most notable onscreen role as Sally, the hospital switchboard operator, in the nine films that comprised MGM's popular Dr. Kildare series ...
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 ...
The January 1952 episode of The Colgate Comedy Hour included the sketch, once again with Abbott and Costello, but with Errol Flynn playing the delusional man. [5] The Three Stooges performed the sketch in Gents Without Cents, a 1944 short, as part of a show they put on within the movie. In their version, Moe is the storyteller and Curly the ...
Hilda Keenan (November 1891 – August 20, 1940) was an American actress and vaudeville performer, part of a family of actors including her father Frank Keenan, her husband Ed Wynn, and her son Keenan Wynn.
Eva Puck became a member of the vaudeville comedy act Clayton and White that, after Lew Clayton's departure around 1920, became known as Puck and White. One of their popular vaudeville sketches ("Opera vs. Jazz") portrayed White as a scholarly music teacher and Eva as his inept student. The couple married in 1922.
Marguerita Anna Padula (December 20, 1890 – February 22, 1957) was an American actress and performer, active in film, vaudeville and radio. She was often typified as a character actress, with her film credits including Hit the Deck, The Cuckoos and Kid Dynamite.