The vaudevillians
A dictionary of vaudeville performers
A dictionary of vaudeville performers
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  Baker, Belle (b. 1895 d. 1957) |   cast, vaudeville entertainer |
  Ball, Ernest R. (b. 1878 d. 1927) |   composer, songwriter |
  Bayes, Nora (b. 1880 d. 1928) |   actress, cast |
  Benny, Jack (b. 1894 d. 1974) |   comedian |
  Berle, Milton (b. 1908) |   cast, comedian |
  Berlin, Irving (b. 1888 d. 1989) |   cast, composer |
  Bernhardt, Sarah (b. 1844 d. 1923) |   actress |
  Brendel, El (b. 1898 d. 1964) |   comedian |
  Brice, Fanny (b. 1891 d. 1951) |   actress, cast |
  Burt, Flo (a. 1916) |   vaudeville entertainer, singer |
  Cahill, Marie (b. 1870 d. 1933) |   cast, composer |
  Cantor, Eddie (b. 1892 d. 1964) |   cast, composer |
  Carus, Emma (b. 1879 d. 1927) |   cast, singer |
  Chevalier, Albert Onesime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis (b. 1861 d. 1923) |   comedian |
  Cohan, George M. [George Michael] (b. 1878 d. 1942) |   author, cast |
  Cook, Joe (b. 1890 d. 1959) |   additional Dialogue, baritone sax |
  Crumit, Frank (b. 1889 d. 1943) |   cast, composer |
  Dale, Charlie (b. 1881 d. 1971) |   vaudeville entertainer |
  De Leath, Vaughn (b. 1897 d. 1943) |   radio crooner, vocals |
  Dockstader, Lew (b. 1853 d. 1924) |   black-face minstrel, cast |
  Dolly, Jenny (b. 1892 d. 1941) |   vaudeville entertainer |
  Dolly, Rosie (b. 1892 d. 1970) |   vaudeville entertainer |
  Dressler, Marie (b. 1869 d. 1934) |   actress, cast |
  Duncan, Rosetta (b. 1900 d. 1959) |   cast, composer |
  Duncan, Vivian (b. 1902) |   cast, composer |
  Durante, Jimmy [James Francis] (b. 1893 d. 1980) |   cast, composer |
  Edwards, Gus (b. 1879 d. 1945) |   cast, composer |
  Elinore, Kate (b. 1876 d. 1924) |   cast, singer |
  Eltinge, Julian (b. 1883 d. 1941) |   cast, costumes |
  Etting, Ruth (b. 1896 d. 1978) |   cast, torch singer |
  Fields, Benny (b. 1894 d. 1959) |   cast, clarinet |
  Fields, W.C. (b. 1879 d. 1946) |   actor, cast |
  Foy, Eddie (b. 1854 d. 1928) |   cast, dancer |
  Franklin, Irene (b. 1876 d. 1941) |   cast, entertainer |
  Friganza, Trixie (b. 1870 d. 1955) |   cast, comedian |
  Gallagher, Edward (d. 1929) |   musician, composer |
  Gilson, Lottie (b. 1871 d. 1912) |   singer |
  Greenwood, Charlotte [Frances Charlotte] (b. 1893 d. 1978) |   actress, cast |
  Guinan, Texas (b. -1890 d. 1933) |   cast, entertainer |
  Haley, Jack [John] (b. 1899 d. 1979) |   cast, singer |
  Hall, Adelaide (Louise) (b. 1895) |   cast, jazz singer |
  Halperin, Nan (d. 1963) |   cast, singing comedienne |
  Held, Anna (b. 1873 d. 1918) |   actress, cast |
  Hilton, Violet and Daisy (d. 1969) |   siamese twins, musician |
  Hitchcock, Raymond (b. 1865 d. 1929) |   cast, librettist |
  Houdini, Harry (b. 1874 d. 1926) |   cast, escapologist |
  Houston, Billie (a. 1920-1935) |   vaudeville entertainer |
  Houston, Renee (a. 1920-1935) |   vaudeville entertainer |
  Howard, Joseph Edgar (b. 1878 d. 1961) |   cast, composer |
  Irwin, May (b. 1862 d. 1938) |   cast, comedienne |
  Janis, Elsie (b. 1889 d. 1956) |   cast, composer |
  Jemima, Aunt (b. 1898 d. 1950) |   cast, vaudeville entertainer |
  Jessel, George (b. 1898 d. 1981) |   cast, composer |
  Johnson, Chick [Harold] (b. 1891 d. 1962) |   actor, producer |
  Jolson, Al (b. >1886 d. 1950) |   cast, composer |
  Kellermann, Annette (b. 1888 d. 1975) |   cast, director |
  La Rue, Grace (b. 1882 d. 1956) |   vaudeville entertainer |
  Lahr, Bert (b. 1895 d. 1967) |   cast, comedian |
  Lauder, Harry (Maclennan) (b. 1870 d. 1950) |   baritone, cast |
  Leonard, Eddie (b. 1875 d. 1941) |   cast, composer |
  Levey, Ethel (b. 1881 d. 1955) |   actress, cast |
  Lewis, Ted (b. 1892 d. 1971) |   bandleader, cast |
  Lightner, Winnie (b. 1901 d. 1971) |   cast, entertainer |
  Lloyd, Alice (b. 1873 d. 1949 a. 1888) |   vaudeville entertainer, singer |
  Lloyd, Marie (b. 1870 d. 1922) |   clarinet, music hall artist |
  Loftus, Cissie [Cecilia] (b. 1876 d. 1943) |   cast, composer |
  Lucas, Nick (b. 1897 d. 1982) |   banjo, cast |
  Mahoney, Will [William James Fitzpatrick] (d. 1967) |   music hall artist, originator od dancing on the xy |
  Marbe, Fay (a. 1910-1930) |   cast, vaudeville entertainer |
  Marx, Chico (b. 1891 d. 1961) |   actor, cast |
  Marx, Groucho (b. 1890 d. 1977) |   actor, cast |
  Marx, Harpo (b. 1893 d. 1964) |   author, cast |
  Meller, Raquel (b. 1888 d. 1962) |   interprete, libretista |
  Mills, Florence (b. 1895 d. 1927) |   cast, entertainer |
  Minevitch, Borrah (b. 1904 d. 1955) |   cast, harmonica |
  Morgan, Helen (b. 1900 d. 1941) |   cast, torch singer |
  Murray, J. Harold (b. 1891 d. 1940) |   baritone, cast |
  North, Bobby [Robert] (b. 1884 d. 1976) |   actor, cast |
  Olsen, Ole [John Siguard] (b. 1892 d. 1963) |   actor, producer |
  Orsay, Fifi (b. 1904 d. 1983) |   cast, vaudeville entertainer |
  Patricola, Isabelle (b. 1886 d. 1965 a. 1924) |   vaudeville entertainer |
  Petrova, Olga (b. 1886 a. 1911-1925) |   vaudeville entertainer, singer |
  Picon, Molly (b. 1898) |   singer, actress |
  Polaire (b. 1877 d. 1939) |   interprete |
  Puck, Eva (d. 1979 died: 1979) |   cast, dancer |
  Rice, Gitz Ingraham (b. 1891 d. 1947) |   cast, composer |
  Richman, Harry (b. 1895 d. 1972) |   cast, composer |
  Ring, Blanche (b. 1877 d. 1961) |   actress, cast |
  Ritz, Al (a. 1925-1939) |   vaudeville entertainer |
  Ritz, Harry (a. 1925-1939) |   vaudeville entertainer |
  Ritz, Jim (a. 1925-1939) |   vaudeville entertainer |
  Robinson, Bill [Luther] (b. 1878 d. 1949) |   baritone saxophone, cast |
  Rooney, Pat (b. 1880 d. 1962) |   cast, choreographer |
  Russell, Lillian (b. 1861 d. 1922) |   actress, cast |
  Samuels, Rae (d. 1979) |   cast, singer |
  Sanderson, Julia (b. 1887 d. 1975) |   Broadway musical comedy star, cast |
  Scheff, Fritzi [Frederike] (b. 1879 d. 1954) |   soprano |
  Schenck, Joseph T. (d. 1930) |   vaudeville entertainer |
  Seeley, Blossom (b. 1891 d. 1974) |   cast, entertainer |
  Shean, Al (b. 1868 d. 1949) |   cast, composer |
  Shields, Ella (b. 1879 d. 1952) |   cast, singer |
  Smith, Joe (b. 1884 d. 1981) |   vaudeville entertainer |
  Smith, Kate [Katheryn Elizabeth] (b. 1909 d. 1986) |   cast, harp |
  Stanley, Aileen (b. 1897 d. 1982) |   cast, singer |
  Stone, Fred (b. 1873 d. 1959) |   actor, cast |
  Suratt, Valeska (b. 1882 d. 1962 a. 1903) |   cast, costumes |
  Tanguay, Eva (b. 1878 d. 1947) |   cast, singer |
  Templeton, Fay (b. 1865 d. 1939) |   cast, singer |
  Thaw, Evelyn Nesbit (b. 1884 d. 1967) |   cast, singer |
  Tilley, Vesta (b. 1864 d. 1952) |   cast, music hall artist |
  Tinney, Frank (b. 1878 d. 1940) |   cast, comedian |
  Tracy, Arthur (b. 1903) |   ballad singer, cast |
  Tucker, Sophie (b. 1884 d. 1966) |   actress, cast |
  Vallee, Rudy (b. 1901 d. 1986) |   bandleader, cast |
  Van, Gus (b. 1887 d. 1968) |   cast, comedian |
  Vasco (b. 1869 d. 1925) |   music hall artist |
  Victoria, Vesta (b. 1873 d. 1951) |   comedienne, music hall artist |
  Waldman, Ted (a. 1911) |   mouth-organ |
  Ward, Fannie (b. 1872 d. 1952) |   actress, singer |
  Waters, Ethel (b. 1900 d. 1977) |   actress, cast |
  West, Mae (b. 1892 d. 1980) |   actress, author |
  White, Frances (b. 1898 d. 1969) |   vaudeville entertainer, singer |
  Williams, Bert (b. 1874 d. 1922) |   cast, comedian |