Patty Andrews was the last surviving member of The Andrews Sisters, the trio that delighted and motivated World War II soldiers, as well as the folks holding down the home …
Vaudeville
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From vaudeville to Hollywood to television, for nearly 70 years Groucho Marx was one of the all-time great kings of comedy.
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Judy Garland is still best remembered as the simple Kansas farm girl swept away to the magical, frightening land of Oz.
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What made “Mr. Show Business” so special and so magnetic? Take a look.
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June Havoc was one of the first child movie stars, and she was one of the youngest. She also had one of the most difficult stage parents of all time…
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To anyone born after 1960 or so, George Burns might have seemed like a perpetually old man.
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Director Tod Browning made some of early cinema’s spookiest movies, including the classic 1931 version of “Dracula.” On the day he was born, we take a look at the filmmaker’s …
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To celebrate the birthday of late comedian Chico Marx, we bring you 20 things you might not have heard about the piano-playing Marx brother…
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Edgar Bergen enjoyed a five-decade career in radio, television and film with a little help from his friend Charlie.
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Burlesque entertainer, actress and writer Gypsy Rose Lee was born 100 years ago today. Dismissed as “untalented” by her own mother, she remains a source of inspiration four decades after …