All Entries Tagged With: "Vaudeville"
George Jessel
Date of Birth: 3 April 1898 Birth Name: George Albert Jessel Nickname: Toastmaster General of the United States Georgie Mini Biography: George Jessel gained fame in vaudeville, where it was not uncommon for him–and other performers, such as Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor–to perform in blackface, and in fact at age 11 Jessel was Cantor’s vaudeville [...]
Juliet Jeske
Birth Name: Juliet Schaefer Mini Biography: Juliet is a New York based actress and comedian. She performs around New York as a host of Burlesque, Variety and New-Vaudeville shows. She has also written and produced several scripts for the stage her last, as part of the New York International Fringe Festival. Her political satire videos [...]
M.K. Jerome
Date of Birth: 18 July 1893 Birth Name: Maurice Jerome Nickname: Moe Mini Biography: Songwriter (“Some Sunday Morning”), composer and publisher, educated in high school and in private music study. While in high school, he was a vaudeville pianist and accompanist in film theatres, then became a staff pianist for Waterson, Berlin and Snyder. He [...]
Elsie Janis
Date of Birth: 16 March 1889 Birth Name: Elsie Bierbower Nickname: Little Elsie Mini Biography: Actress, songwriter (“Love, Your Magic Spell Is Everywhere”), production supervisor and author. She performed in vaudeville as a child (known onstage as “Little Elsie”) and appeared in the Broadway musicals “The Vanderbilt Cup”, “The Hoyden”, “The Fair Co-ed”, “The Slim [...]
Eugene Jackson
Date of Birth: 25 December 1916 Nickname: Pineapple Mini Biography: Eugene Jackson gained fame as Farina’s older brother, Pineapple, in six of Hal Roach’s “Our Gang” serials – “The Mysterious Mystery”, “The Big Town”, “Circus Fever”, “Dog Days”, “The Love Bug” and “Shootin Injuns”. Besides films he sang and danced on the vaudeville circuit – [...]
Alaska Jack
Date of Birth: c. 1868 Date of Death 22 February 1936 Birth Name: John Giniva Mini Biography: Former pioneer Government guide, Giniva was the father of the first child born in Alaska. A vaudeville actor, Giniva also played uncredited roles in a number of Jack London pictures.
Strass und Pleureusen – Variététänzerinnen erinnern sich (1996)
Director(s): Matthias Wilfert, Ulrich Zrenner Writer(s): Matthias Wilfert, Ulrich Zrenner Plot: An interview with German music-hall dancers from the 20s, 30s and 40s about their work and their command performances in WWII.
Roy Ingraham
Date of Birth: 5 December 1895 Birth Name: Edward Roy Ingraham Mini Biography: Songwriter, composer and conductor, the brother of Herbert Ingrham. He was a vaudeville performer between 1916 and 1923, then he led a dance orchestra in California, and later at New York’s Paramount Hotel Grill. He wrote songs for the Florentine Gardens for [...]