Showing posts with label Vaudevillian. Show all posts
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Friday, May 1, 2026

Born on this day – Leila Hyams:


Leila Hyams


Actress

Vaudevillian

May 1, 1905 – December 4, 1977

Credits:

$1000 a Minute (1935); A Girl in Every Port (1928); Affairs of a Gentleman (1934); Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928); Cinemassacre's Monster Madness (2009); Dancing Mothers (1926); First Aid (1943); Freaks (1932); Gentleman's Fate (1931); Honor Bound (1928); Horse Play (1933); Hurricane (1929); Island of Lost Souls (1932); Land of the Silver Fox (1928); Masquerade (1929); May I Come In (1930); Men Call It Love (1931); New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford (1931); No Ransom (1934); One-Round Hogan (1927); People Will Talk (1935); Red-Headed Woman (1932); Ruggles of Red Gap (1935); Sandra (1924); Saturday's Millions (1933); Schlitzie: One of Us; Sing Sinner Sing (1933); Spite Marriage (1929); Stepping Out (1931); Summer Bachelors (1926); Surrender (1931); Sweethearts and Wives (1930); The Big Broadcast (1932); The Big House (1930); The Bishop Murder Case (1929); The Branded Sombrero (1928); The Brute (1927); The Bush Leaguer (1927); The Christmas Party (1931); The Constant Woman (1933); The Crimson City (1928); The Far Call (1929); The Flirting Widow (1930); The Girl Said No (1930); The Idle Rich (1929); The Kick-Off (1926); The Phantom of Paris (1931); The Poor Rich (1934); The Sins of the Children (1930); The Thirteenth Chair (1929); The Wizard (1927); Tod Browning's 'Freaks': The Sideshow Cinema (2004); Way for a Sailor (1930); Way Out West (1930); White Pants Willie (1927); Wonder of Women (1929); Yellow Dust (1936).

Wednesday, December 31, 2025

Born on this day – Suzy Delair:


Suzy Delair


Actress

Comedian

Vaudevillian

December 31, 1917 – March 15, 2020

Credits:

Actor studio (1986); Tabarin's Farewell (1966); Love, laugh and sing: Jacques Offenbach (1957); Antenne 2 Midi (1981); Au cinéma ce soir (1970–1971); At Théâtre ce soir (1974); Aujourd'hui Madame (1970); Botta e risposta (1950) Casanova (1934); Champs-Elysées (1989); Certified copy (1947); Daisy Jones & The Six (2023); Dédé (1934); Défense d'aimer (1942); Chickweed for small birds (1963); Emily in Paris (2020); Ferdinand le noceur (1935); Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956); Gervaise (1956); Henri-Georges Clouzot: The Enlightened Tyrant (2004); Ici Paris (1947); Is Paris Burning? (1966); Jenny Lamour (1947); The crisis is over (1934); The Lady from Maxim's (1933); La joie de vivre (1953–1970); La vie de bohème (1945); Lady Paname (1950); The Vermeil Age (1984); Money by the windows (1972); Le bal des Petits Lits blancs (1949); The last of the six (1941); Le fil à la patte (1954); The Lovers' Riding School (1965); The mythomaniac (1981); Le palmarès des chansons (1965); The Song Chart (1966); The creatures of God (1967); The San Francisco Regatta (1960); The Sisters Hortensia (1935); Gold in the Street (1934); Lost Memories (1950); Cinema Tuesday (1987); Oublie-moi, Mandolin (1976); Through the Window (1948); Poliche (1934); Take The Road (1936); Professor Cupid (1933); Rocco and His Brothers (1960); The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973); The Murderer Lives at Number 21 (1942); Touch du bois (1933); Toute la chanson (1961); Thirty-six Candles (1957–1958); Three... six... new (1937); Un caprice de la Pompadour (1931); Utopia (1950); Violets imperial (1932); White Paws (1949).

Tuesday, November 4, 2025

Born on this day – Will Rogers:


Will Rogers


Vaudevillian

Actor

November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935

Credits:

Stand Up and Cheer! (1934); In Old Kentucky (1935); Steamboat Round the Bend (1935); Doubting Thomas (1935); Life Begins at 40 (1935); The County Chairman (1935); Judge Priest (1934); Handy Andy (1934); David Harum (1934); Mr. Skitch (1933); Doctor Bull (1933); State Fair (1933); Too Busy to Work (1932); Down to Earth (1932); Business and Pleasure (1932); Ambassador Bill (1931); Young as You Feel (1931); A Connecticut Yankee (1931); Lightnin' (1930); So This Is London (1930); They Had to See Paris (1929); Happy Days (1929); A Texas Steer (1927); Tiptoes (1927); Roaming the Emerald Isle with Will Rogers (1927); With Will Rogers in Dublin (1927); Gee Whiz, Genevieve (1924); A Truthful Liar (1924); Our Congressman (1924); Jubilo, Jr. (1924); Don't Park There (1924); Going to Congress (1924); High Brow Stuff (1924); The Cake Eater (1924); The Cowboy Sheik (1924); Two Wagons: Both Covered (1924); Uncensored Movies (1923); Hustlin' Hank (1923); Jus' Passin' Through (1923); Hollywood (1923); Fruits of Faith (1922); The Headless Horseman (1922); The Ropin' Fool (1922); One Glorious Day (1922); A Poor Relation (1921); Doubling for Romeo (1921); An Unwilling Hero (1921); Boys Will Be Boys (1921); Guile of Women (1920); Honest Hutch (1920); Cupid the Cowpuncher (1920); Jes' Call Me Jim (1920); The Strange Boarder (1920); Water, Water, Everywhere (1920); Jubilo (1919); Almost a Husband (1919); Laughing Bill Hyde (1918); Roaring Camp (1916).

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Born on this day – Gloria Foy:


Gloria Foy


Actress

Dancer

Singer

Vaudevillian

October 25, 1901 –February 27, 1977

Movie credit:

Dancing Lady (1933).

Saturday, July 26, 2025

Born on this day – Gracie Allen:


Gracie Allen


Vaudevillian

Singer

Actress

Comedian

July 26, 1895 – August 27, 1964

Credits:

100% Service (1931); 50 Years of Funny Females (1995); 5th Annual TV Academy Hall of Fame (1989); A Damsel in Distress (1937); American Masters (1997–2017); America's Clown: An Intimate Biography of Red Skelton (2014); Biography (2002); Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976); Classic Comedy Teams (1986); Classic Stand-Up Comedy of Television (1996); Climax! (1956); College Holiday (1936); College Humor (1933); College Swing (1938); Dumb, Dumber & Dumbest (1995); Fit to Be Tied (1930); Going Hollywood: The '30s (1984); Here Comes Cookie (1935); Hit Celebrity TV Commercials (2004); Hollywood and the Stars (1963); Hollywood Couples (2000); Hollywood on Parade No. A-2 (1932); Hollywood on Parade No. A-9 (1933); Honolulu (1939); International House (1933); Jack Benny's 20th Anniversary TV Special (1970); Lambchops (1929); Larry King Live (2003); Legends of Comedy (1992); Let's Dance (1933); Love in Bloom (1935); Many Happy Returns (1934); Meet the Stars #3: Variety Reel #1 (1941); Mel Blanc: The Man of a Thousand Voices (2008); Mr. and Mrs. North (1942); Murphy Brown (1989); Oh, My Operation (1931); Olympic Fund Telethon (1952); Once Over, Light (1931); Our World (1987); Patents Pending (1932); Paul Henning & The Hillbillies (2005); Paul Merton's Palladium Story (1994); Pioneers of Primetime (1995); Pioneers of Television (2014); Pulling a Bone (1931); Screen Snapshots Series 33, No. 10: Hollywood Grows Up (1954); Screen Snapshots: Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952); Shower of Stars (1955); Six of a Kind (1934); Stars in the Eye (1952); Startime (1959); Stu's Show (2023); Television (1988); Television: The First Fifty Years (1999); The 8th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1956); The Actor's Society Benefit Gala (1949); The Antique Shop (1931); The Babbling Book (1932); The Big Broadcast (1932); The Big Broadcast of 1936 (1935); The Big Broadcast of 1937 (1936); The Bob Cummings Show (1957); The Dawn of Sound: How Movies Learned to Talk (2007); The DuPont Show of the Week (1961); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Factor (2008); The First Annual Comedy Hall of Fame (1993); The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950–1958); The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939); The Great Man: W.C. Fields (2005); The Great Radio Comedians (1972); The Great Standups (1984); The History of Comedy (2017); The Hollywood Palace (1982); The Jack Benny Program (1952–1964); The Jackie Gleason Show (1957); The World Our Stage (1957); This Is Your Life (1955); Two Girls and a Sailor (1944); Walking the Baby (1933); We're Not Dressing (1934); What's My Line? (1954); What's My Line? At 25 (1975); Your Hat (1932).

Saturday, May 31, 2025

Born on this day – Don Ameche:


Don Ameche


Actor

Comedian

Vaudevillian

May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993

Credits:

59th Academy Awards Nominations Announcement (1987); 209 Hamilton Drive (1991); A Century of Cinema (1994); A Fever in the Blood (1961); A Masterpiece of Murder (1986); A Welcome Guest in the House (1957); AFI Life Achievement Award (1978 / 1986); Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938); Alias Smith and Jones (1971); All Star Revue (1951); Angels of Mercy (1940); Beloved Infidel (1959); Bicentennial Minutes (1975); Biography (1995–1999); Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (2000); Burke's Law (1964); CBS Mornings (1988); Celebrity Time (1949–1951); Cinéma cinémas (1989); Climax! (1958); Clive of India (1935); Cocoon (1985); Cocoon: The Return (1988); Coke Time (1953); Columbo (1971); Coming to America (1988); Compression (2015); Confirm or Deny (1941); Corrina, Corrina (1994); Dante's Inferno (1935); De película (1985–1989); Des O'Connor Tonight (1985); Detective in the House (1985); Don Ameche's Musical Playhouse (1950–1951); Down Argentine Way (1940); E! Mysteries & Scandals (2001); Ellery Queen (1975); Entertainment Tonight (1990); F for Fake (1973); Family Theatre (1953); Fantasy Island (1980); Fifty Roads to Town (1937); Filmmaker Focus: Director John Landis on 'Trading Places' (2021); Fire One (1954); Folks! (1992); Four Sons (1940); Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974); Gateway (1938); General Motors 50th Anniversary Show (1957); Gidget Gets Married (1972); Girl Trouble (1942); Good Heavens (1976); Goodyear Playhouse (1957); Greenwich Village (1944); Guest Wife (1945); Happy Land (1943); Happy Landing (1938); Harry and the Hendersons (1987); Heaven Can Wait (1943); Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (1997); Hollywood Cavalcade (1939); Hollywood Singing and Dancing: A Musical History - The 1930s: Dancing Away the Great Depression (2009); Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey (1993); Hour Magazine (1982); Hy Gardner Calling (1962); In Old Chicago (1938); Insider Trading: The Making of 'Trading Places' (2007); International Showtime (1961–1965); It's in the Bag! (1945); I've Got a Secret (1954–1962); Josette (1938); Julia (1969–1970); Kiss the Boys Goodbye (1941); Ladies in Love (1936); Land of Liberty (1939); Late Night with David Letterman (1986); Les Chroniques du Mea (2022); Lillian Russell (1940); Lipstick & Dynamite, Piss & Vinegar: The First Ladies of Wrestling (2004); Love Is News (1937); Love Under Fire (1937); McCloud (1975); Midnight (1939); Moon Over Miami (1941); Mr. Smith (1983); Night of 100 Stars (1982); Not in Front of the Kids (1984); Oddball Hall (1990); One in a Million (1936); One on One with John Tesh (1992); Oscar (1991); Our American Heritage (1961); Our Shining Moment (1991); Pals (1987); Password (1961); Perry Como's Kraft Music Hall (1958–1961); Person to Person (1956); Petticoat Junction (1970); Phantom Caravan (1954); Picture Mommy Dead (1966); Probe and Night Beat (1957); Pros and Cons (1991); Quincy, M.E. (1979); Ramona (1936); Reflections on the Silver Screen (1991); Rings Around the World (1966); Rough But Hopeful (1946); Saturday Spectacular: High Button Shoes (1956); Screen Snapshots, Series 18, No. 8 (1939); Screen Snapshots, Series 32, No. 2: Hollywood Night at '21' Club (1952); Seabiscuit: Racing Through History (2003); Shadow Over Elveron (1968); Shepherd's Flock (1971); Sins of Man (1936); Siskel & Ebert Holiday Gift Guide (1988); Sleep, My Love (1948); Slightly French (1949); So Goes My Love (1946); Something to Shout About (1943); Special Collector's Edition (2012); Sunstroke (1992); Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970); Swanee River (1939); Take a Chance (1950); That Night in Rio (1941); That's My Man (1947); The 12th Annual People's Choice Awards (1986); The 1930's: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988); The 47th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1990 (1990); The 58th Annual Academy Awards (1986); The 58th Annual Academy Awards Nominees Luncheon (1986); The 59th Annual Academy Awards (1987); The 66th Annual Academy Awards (1994); The 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008); The 8th Annual American Cinema Awards (1991); The Arthur Murray Party (1957); The Bickersons (1967); The Boatniks (1970); The Bob Braun Show (1972–1977); The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1949); The Chinese Typewriter (1979); The Christophers (1963–1964); The David Frost Show (1970); The DuPont Show of the Month (1957); The Ed Sullivan Show (1957); The Feminine Touch (1941); The Frances Langford Show (1960); The Frances Langford-Don Ameche Show (1951–1952); The Frank Sinatra Show (1951); The Golden Girls (1990); The Greatest Show on Earth (1964); The Hollywood Palace (1967); The Ken Murray Show (1951); The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1985-1989); The Love Boat (1979–1984); The Lux Show (1958); The Magical World of Disney (1978); The Magnificent Dope (1942); The Match Game (1964); The Merv Griffin Show (1966–1971); The Mike Douglas Show (1963–1970); The Milton Berle Show (1949–1954); The Movies That Made Us (2021); The Name's the Same (1954); The Pat Boone-Chevy Showroom (1958); The Polly Bergen Show (1957); The Price Is Right (1964); The Roy Leonard Show (1971); The Saturday Night Revue (1953); The Saturday Night Revue with Jack Carter (1950); The Sig Sakowicz Show (1971); The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997); The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939); The Story of Hollywood (1988); The Three Musketeers (1939); The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar (1962); The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1985–1986); The Trade in 'Trading Places' (2007); Things Change (1988); This Is Your Life (1984); To Tell the Truth (1957–1964); Too Young to Go Steady (1959); Trading Places (1983); Trading Places: Dressing the Part (2007); Twentieth Century Fox: The Blockbuster Years (2000); Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (1958); We, the People (1949); Week End in Hollywood (1947); What's My Line? (1953–1957); Wing and a Prayer (1944); Wogan (1985); You Can't Have Everything (1937).