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 |