The complete entertainment discography from 1897 to 1942
Second edition
Brian Rust and Allen G. Debus
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| Aldwell, Ernest (b. 1882 d. 1918) | musical comedy actor, singer |
| Anderson, Eddie "Rochester" (b. 1905 d. 1977) | alto saxophone, cast |
| Andrews, LaVerne (b. 1915 d. 1967) | singer, vocals |
| Andrews, Maxene (b. 1918) | cast, singer |
| Andrews, Patty [Patricia] (b. 1920) | singer |
| Arthur, George K. (b. 1899 a. 1929) | actor, librettist |
| Arthur, Julia (b. 1869 d. 1950) | actress |
| Arville, Camille (b. 1863 d. 1932) | cast, comic opera prima donna |
| Ash, Sam (b. 1884 d. 1951) | cast, composer |
| Astaire, Adele (b. 1897 d. 1981) | cast, singer |
| Astaire, Fred (b. 1899 d. 1987 a. 1929) | cast, choreographer |
| Atwell, Roy (b. 1878 d. 1962) | cast, comedian |
| Austin, Gene [Eugene Lucas] (b. 1900 d. 1972) | crooner, piano |
| Avery, Van (b. 1879 d. 1937) | black-face vaudeville comedian |
| Baby Rose Marie (b. 1925 a. 1930) | child radio artist |
| Bacon, Frank (b. 1864 d. 1922 a. 1899) | actor |
| Bailey, Mildred (b. 1907 d. 1951) | composer, singer |
| Baker, Belle (b. 1895 d. 1957) | cast, vaudeville entertainer |
| Baker, Josephine (b. 1906 d. 1975) | cast, singer |
| Baker, Kenny (b. 1912 a. 1938-1947) | singer |
| Baker, Phil (b. 1896 d. 1963) | composer, comedian |
| Ball, Ernest R. (b. 1878 d. 1927) | composer, songwriter |
| Bankhead, Tallulah (b. 1902 d. 1968) | actor, cast |
| Barry, Katie (a. 1904) | cast, singer |
| Barrymore, John (b. 1882 d. 1942) | actor, cast |
| Barthelmess, Richard (b. 1895 d. 1963) | actor |
| Barthold, Anna (a. 1890s) | vaudeville singer, female baritone |
| Barton, James (b. 1890 d. 1962) | clog dancer, singer |
| Bayes, Nora (b. 1880 d. 1928) | actress, cast |
| Bell, Digby (Valentine) (b. 1851 d. 1917) | actor, cast |
| Bergner, Elisabeth (b. 1900) | actress, singer |
| Berlin, Irving (b. 1888 d. 1989) | cast, composer |
| Bernard, Barney (b. 1878 d. 1924 a. 1916) | character comedian |
| Bernard, Rhoda (a. 1915) | character comedienne |
| Bernhardt, Sarah (b. 1844 d. 1923) | actress |
| Berry, Noah (b. 1884 d. 1946) | actor, singer |
| Bert, Flo (a. 1910s-1920s) | vaudeville entertainer |
| Bingham, Ralph (b. 1870 d. 1925) | entertainer, actor |
| Blaine, Vivian (b. 1921) | cast, singer |
| Bledsoe, Jules (b. 1898 d. 1943) | cast, singer |
| Boles, John (b. 1895 d. 1969) | cast, singer |
| Booth, Edwin Thomas (b. 1833 d. 1893 a. 1849) | actor |
| Bordoni, Irene (b. 1895 d. 1953) | actress, cast |
| Boswell, Connee [Connie] (b. 1907 d. 1976) | singer, vocals |
| Boswell, Martha (b. 1905 d. 1958) | piano, singer |
| Boswell, Vet [Helvetia] (b. 1908 d. 1988 a. 1931-1938) | singer |
| Bowers, Frederick V. (b. 1874 d. 1961) | cast, composer |
| Bowlly, Al [Albert Alex] (b. 1898 d. 1941) | banjo, guitar |
| Boyer, Lucienne [Emilienne-Henriette] (b. 1903 d. 1983) | cabaret singer, cast |
| Brady, Alice (b. 1893 d. 1939) | actress, cast |
| Breen, Bobby (b. 1927 d. 1972) | boy soprano, vocals |
| Brice, Elisabeth (b. 1892 d. 1965) | singer, actress |
| Brice, Fanny (b. 1891 d. 1951) | actress, cast |
| Briscoe, Olive (b. 1887) | vaudeville artist |
| Brisson, Carl (b. 1893 d. 1958) | cast, champion boxer |
| Brockman, James (b. 1886 d. 1967) | composer, lyricist |
| Brooks, Shelton (b. 1886 d. 1975) | cast, composer |
| Brown, Joe E. [Joseph Evans] (b. 1892 d. 1973) | actor, cast |
| Browning, Joe (a. 1910-1930) | cast, vaudeville entertainer |
| Brox, Lorraine (a. 1920s) | singer |
| Bruce, Carol (b. 1919) | cast, singer |
| Bruce, Virginia (b. 1910 d. 1982) | actress, cast |
| Buchanan, Jack (b. 1891 d. 1957) | actor, cast |
| Buckley, Floyd (b. 1874 d. 1956) | singer, the original voice of "Popeye" on radio |
| Burbeck, Frank (b. 1857 d. 1930) | actor |
| Burnside, Richard H. (b. 1870 d. 1952) | cast, director |
| Bush, Frank (b. 1856 d. 1927 a. 1905) | vaudeville entertainer, raconteur |
| Butler, Amy (a. 1908) | coon shouter |
| Cahill, Marie (b. 1870 d. 1933) | cast, composer |
| Calvin, Henry (a. 1942) | singer, actor |
| Cameron, Grace (b. 1879 a. 1899-1909) | singer |
| Canova, Judy (b. 1916 d. 1983) | cast, hillbilly singer |
| Cantor, Eddie (b. 1892 d. 1964) | cast, composer |
| Carlisle, Kitty (b. 1914) | actress, cast |
| Carmichael, Hoagy [Hoagland Howard] (b. 1899 d. 1981) | composer, cornet |
| Carminati, Tullio (b. 1894 d. 1971) | cast, singer |
| Carney, Art (b. 1918) | actor, cast |
| Carpentier, Georges (b. 1894 a. 1927) | professional boxer, singer |
| Carus, Emma (b. 1879 d. 1927) | cast, singer |
| Case, Charley (b. 1858 d. 1916) | comedian |
| Catlett, Walter (b. 1889 d. 1960) | actor, cast |
| Cawthorne, Joseph (b. 1867 d. 1949) | actor, cast |
| Chandler, Anna (b. 1887 d. 1957) | vaudeville entertainer |
| Chaplin, Charlie [Charles Spencer] (b. 1889 d. 1977) | actor, composer |
| Chase, Ilka (b. 1905) | actor, cast |
| Cheatham, Kitty (b. 1864 d. 1945) | mezzo-soprano, author |
| Chevalier, Albert Onesime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis (b. 1861 d. 1923) | comedian |
| Chevalier, Maurice (b. 1889 d. 1972) | baritone, cast |
| Clark, Buddy (b. 1912 d. 1949) | bass (instrument), bass |
| Clark, Elsie (b. 1899 d. 1966) | dancer, vaudeville entertainer |
| Clifford, Edith (a. 1926 active: 1927) | comedienne, songwriter |
| Coghlan, Rose (b. 1850 d. 1932) | actress |
| Cohan, George M. [George Michael] (b. 1878 d. 1942) | author, cast |
| Collins, Jose (b. 1887 d. 1958) | singer, actress |
| Collyer, Clayton "Bud" (b. 1908 d. 1969) | actor, TV gameshow host |
| Colman, Ronald (b. 1891 d. 1958) | actor, speechnarr |
| Colonna, Jerry [Gerard] (b. 1904) | cast, composer |
| Columbo, Russ (b. 1908 d. 1934) | crooner, violin |
| Como, Perry (b. 1912 a. 1943) | song stylist, vocals |
| Connolly, Dolly (a. 1911-1917) | singer |
| Coogan, Jackie (b. 1914 a. 1921) | actor |
| Cook, Olga (a. 1922) | singer |
| Cook, Phil (b. 1890 d. 1958) | singer |
| Cooper, Jackie (b. 1923) | actor, TV producer |
| Coslow, Sam (b. 1902 d. 1982) | composer, lyricist |
| Costello, Billy (a. 1935-1939) | voice of 'Popeye', singer |
| Coward, Noel (Pierce) (b. 1899 d. 1973) | actor, author |
| Cowl, Jane (b. 1890 d. 1950) | actress, author |
| Cowles, Eugene Chase (b. 1860 d. 1948) | actor, bass |
| Cox, Ray (a. 1905-1915) | vaudeville entertainer |
| Coyne, Joseph (b. 1867 d. 1941) | actor, cast |
| Crafts, Charley (b. 1895 d. 1974) | vaudeville entertainer, vocals |
| Crawford, Clifton (b. 1875 d. 1920) | cast, composer |
| Crawford, Joan (b. 1904 d. 1977) | actress, singer |
| Crosby, Bing (b. 1904 d. 1977) | singer |
| Crosby, Dixie Lee (b. 1911 d. 1952) | singer, vocals |
| Crumit, Frank (b. 1889 d. 1943) | cast, composer |
| Daniels, Bebe [Virginia] (b. 1901 d. 1971) | actress, cast |
| Daniels, Billy (b. 1915 d. 1988) | cast, entertainer |
| Darrieux, Danielle (b. 1917) | cast, singer |
| Davenport, Edgar L. (b. 1862 d. 1918) | actor |
| Davis, Jessie Bartlett (b. 1860 d. 1905) | cast, singer |
| Day, Edith (b. 1896 d. 1971) | cast, singer |
| De Haven, Gloria (b. 1924 a. 1951) | star of Hollywood musicals, band singer |
| De Leath, Vaughn (b. 1897 d. 1943) | radio crooner, vocals |
| Del Rio, Dolores (b. 1905 d. 1983) | actress |
| Delysia, Alice (b. 1889 d. 1979) | actress, cast |
| Denny, Will F. (b. 1858 d. 1908 a. 1903) | singer, pioneer recording artist |
| Deslys, Gaby (b. 1883 d. 1920) | cast, musical comedy star |
| Desmond, Florence (b. 1907 d. 1993) | actress, cast |
| Dickson, Dorothy (b. 1896) | actress, cast |
| Dietrich, Marlene (b. 1901 d. 1992) | actress, soprano |
| Dix, Tommy (a. 1941) | cast, singer |
| Dockstader, Lew (b. 1853 d. 1924) | black-face minstrel, cast |
| Downey, Morton (b. 1901 d. 1985) | cast, tenor |
| Dragonette, Jessica (b. 1904 d. 1980) | radio soprano |
| Dressler, Marie (b. 1869 d. 1934) | actress, cast |
| Duncan, Rosetta (b. 1900 d. 1959) | cast, composer |
| Duncan, Todd [Robert Todd] (b. 1903) | baritone, cast |
| Duncan, Vivian (b. 1902) | cast, composer |
| Dunn, James (b. 1905 d. 1967) | actor |
| Dunne, Irene (b. 1904) | actress, cast |
| Durante, Jimmy [James Francis] (b. 1893 d. 1980) | cast, composer |
| Durbin, Deana (Edna Mae) (b. 1921 a. 1939) | soprano, vocals |
| Eddy, Nelson (b. 1901 d. 1967) | baritone, vocals |
| Edwards, Cliff [Clifton A.] (b. 1895 d. 1971) | cast, composer |
| Edwards, Joan (b. 1919 d. 1981) | composer, jazz singer |
| Eldridge, Press (b. 1854 d. 1925) | minstrel performer |
| Ellis, Melville (b. 1878 d. 1917 a. 1899-1914) | vaudeville entertainer |
| Emerson, Hope (b. 1897 d. 1960) | actress, cast |
| Endor, Chick (b. 1894 d. 1941) | composer, lyricist |
| Etting, Ruth (b. 1896 d. 1978) | cast, torch singer |
| Evans, Edith (a. 1928-1930) | vaudeville entertainer |
| Evans, Greek Harry (b. 1890 d. 1967) | baritone |
| Evans, Maurice (b. 1901) | actor |
| Fairbanks, Douglas (b. 1909) | actor, cast |
| Farkoa, Maurice (b. 1864 d. 1916) | baritone, cast |
| Farrell, Marguerite (b. 1888 d. 1951 a. 1916-1917) | vaudeville singer |
| Fay, Frank (b. 1897 d. 1961) | cast, comedian |
| Faye, Alice (b. 1912) | actress, cast |
| Fields, Benny (b. 1894 d. 1959) | cast, clarinet |
| Fields, Gracie (b. 1898 d. 1979) | singer, vocals |
| Fields, W.C. (b. 1879 d. 1946) | actor, cast |
| Fisher, Irving | cast, lyricist |
| Flack, Nanette (b. 1889) | cast, star of Broadway musicals |
| Flippen, Jay C. (b. 1898 d. 1971) | cast, vaudeville entertainer |
| Fontanne, Lynn (b. 1887 d. 1983) | actress |
| Foran, Dick (b. 1910 d. 1979) | singing cowboy, vocals |
| Ford, Senator Edward (b. 1887 d. 1972) | vaudeville comedian |
| Fox, Harry (b. 1882 d. 1959) | vaudeville entertainer, cabaret singer |
| Franklin, Irene (b. 1876 d. 1941) | cast, entertainer |
| Froman, Jane (b. 1907 d. 1980) | Broadway musical actress, cast |
| Frothingham, George B. (b. 1844 d. 1920) | cast, minstrel performer |
| Frye, Edward (a. 1912) | cast, vaudeville comedian |
| Fyffe, Will (b. 1885 d. 1947) | cast, music hall artist |
| Gallagher, Ed (b. 1872 d. 1929 a. 1910-1925) | cast, composer |
| Gardiner, Reginald (b. 1903 d. 1980) | actor, cast |
| Garland, Judy (b. 1922 d. 1969) | musicisti, singer |
| Gielgud, John (b. 1904) | actor, encenador |
| Gillham, Art (b. 1895 d. 1961) | piano, singer |
| Gilpin, Charles Sidney (b. 1878 d. 1930) | actor, cast |
| Gilson, Lottie (b. 1871 d. 1912) | singer |
| Gobel, George (b. 1920) | child radio star |
| Godfrey, Arthur (Michael) (b. 1903 d. 1983 a. 1947) | entertainer, radio announcer |
| Goldberg, Rube (b. 1883 d. 1970) | vaudeville comedian |
| Grafton, Gloria (a. 1930-1935) | cast, singer |
| Gray, Alexander (b. 1902 a. 1920-1936) | entertainer |
| Gray, Lawrence (b. 1898) | actor, cast |
| Green, Eddie (b. 1901 d. 1950) | cast, composer |
| Green, Jane (b. 1901 d. 1931 a. 1908-1916) | cast, vaudeville entertainer |
| Greene, Gene (b. 1877 d. 1930) | singer |
| Greenwood, Charlotte [Frances Charlotte] (b. 1893 d. 1978) | actress, cast |
| Greet, Ben (b. 1857 d. 1936) | actor |
| Groody, Louise (b. 1897 d. 1961) | cast, singer |
| Guilbert, Yvette (b. 1865 d. 1944) | chanteur, composer |
| Guizar, Tito (b. 1912) | tenor, vocals |
| Gunning, Louise (b. 1878 d. 1960) | cast, singer |
| Gwenn, Edmund (b. 1875) | actor, cast |
| Hajos, Mitz [Marishka] (b. 1891) | cast, soprano |
| Haley, Jack [John] (b. 1899 d. 1979) | cast, singer |
| Hall, Adelaide (Louise) (b. 1895) | cast, jazz singer |
| Hall, Wendell Woods (b. 1896 d. 1969) | ukelele, entertainer |
| Hanshaw, Annette (b. 1910 d. 1985) | bandleader, vocals |
| Harris, Marion (b. 1896 d. 1944 a. 1930s) | vaudeville entertainer, nightclub entertainer |
| Harris, Phil (b. 1904) | bandleader |
| Hart, William S. (b. 1869 d. 1946) | actor |
| Harvey, Morton (b. 1886 d. 1961) | vaudeville entertainer |
| Hayes, Grace (a. 1922) | singer |
| Hayes, Helen (b. 1900) | actress |
| Hayman, Joe (a. 1913-1928) | comedian |
| Healy, Mary (b. 1917) | actress, cast |
| Hearn, Lou (b. 1882) | actor, singer |
| Herbert, Evelyn (b. 1898) | cast, singer |
| Herman, Al (b. 1887 d. 1967) | cast, vaudeville entertainer |
| Herz, Ralph C. (b. 1878 d. 1921) | cast, comedian |
| Hildegarde (b. 1906 a. 1936-1944) | vaudeville entertainer, cabaret entertainer |
| Hill, Murry K. (b. 1865 d. 1942) | vaudeville comedian |
| Hillebrand, Fred (b. 1893 d. 1963) | cast, comedian |
| Hilliard, Robert (Cochran) (b. 1857 d. 1927) | actor, dramatist |
| Hitchcock, Raymond (b. 1865 d. 1929) | cast, librettist |
| Holloway, Stanley (Augustus) (b. 1890 d. 1982) | actor, cast |
| Holman, Libby (b. 1906 d. 1971) | cast, torch singer |
| Holmes, Taylor (b. 1878 d. 1959) | actor, cast |
| Holtz, Lou (b. 1898 d. 1980) | actor, cast |
| Hope, Bob (b. 1903 a. 1927) | cast, entertainer |
| Hopper, De Wolf (b. 1858 d. 1935) | comedian, Klavier |
| Horne, Lena (b. 1917 a. 1943) | cast, singer |
| Hortiz, Joseph (a. 1908) | yodeler, composer |
| Howard, Joe [Joseph] E. (b. 1867 d. 1961) | composer, singer |
| Howard, Leslie (b. 1893 d. 1943) | actor, piano |
| Howard, Willie (b. 1886 d. 1949) | cast, lyricist |
| Hunter, Eddie (b. 1888 d. 1974 a. 1923) | cast, composer |
| Huston, Walter (b. 1884 d. 1950) | actor, cast |
| Hutton, Betty (b. 1921 a. 1944) | actress, cast |
| Irwin, May (b. 1862 d. 1938) | cast, comedienne |
| Janis, Elsie (b. 1889 d. 1956) | cast, composer |
| Jans, Harry (b. 1894 d. 1962 a. late) | cast, radio comedian |
| Jason, Sybil (a. 1932) | singer, vocals |
| Jean, Gloria (b. 1926) | teenage singing star, vocals |
| Jefferson, Joseph (b. 1829 d. 1905) | actor |
| Jemima, Aunt (b. 1898 d. 1950) | cast, vaudeville entertainer |
| Jessel, George (b. 1898 d. 1981) | cast, composer |
| Jolson, Al (b. >1886 d. 1950) | cast, composer |
| Jones, Allan (b. 1907 d. 1992) | cast, tenor |
| Jones, Walter (b. 1874 d. 1922) | singer |
| Jordan, Julian (b. 1866 d. 1925) | composer |
| Jose, Richard Juan (b. 1869 d. 1941) | counter tenor |
| Kane, Helen (b. 1904 d. 1966) | cast, singer |
| Kaye, Danny (b. 1913 d. 1987) | cast, singer |
| Keller, Greta (b. 1905 d. 1977) | singer, vocals |
| Kellogg, Charles (b. 1869 d. 1949) | bird imitator, whistler |
| Kelly, Gene (b. 1912 d. 1996) | actor, cast |
| Kelly, Walter C. (b. 1873 d. 1939) | vaudeville entertainer |
| King, Charles (b. 1889 d. 1944) | singer |
| King, Dennis (b. 1897 d. 1971) | baritone, cast |
| Kusta, Tessa (b. 1893 d. 1981 a. 1926) | singer |
| La Rue, Grace (b. 1882 d. 1956) | vaudeville entertainer |
| Lamour, Dorothy (b. 1914 a. 1930s-1940s) | singer, vocals |
| Lanchester, Elsa (b. 1902) | actress, cast |
| Langford, Frances (b. 1913) | cast, singer |
| Lashwood, George (b. 1862 d. 1942) | music hall artist |
| Lauder, Harry (Maclennan) (b. 1870 d. 1950) | baritone, cast |
| Laughton, Charles (b. 1899 d. 1962) | actor, reading |
| Laurie, John (b. 1892 d. 1954) | vaudeville comedian |
| Lawrence, Gertrude (b. 1901 d. 1952) | actress, cast |
| Lee, Buddy | singer |
| Lee, Davey (b. 1925) | child actor, singer |
| Leonard, Eddie (b. 1875 d. 1941) | cast, composer |
| Leoni, Henri (a. 1906) | musical comedy and cabaret entertainer |
| Levey, Ethel (b. 1881 d. 1955) | actress, cast |
| Lewis, Henry (a. 1916) | revue artist |
| Lewis, Tom (b. 1864 d. 1927) | vaudeville raconteur |
| Libbey, J. Aldrich (b. 1864 d. 1925) | vaudeville entertainer |
| Lillie, Beatrice Gladys (b. 1894 d. 1989) | actress, cast |
| Lloyd, Alice (b. 1873 d. 1949 a. 1888) | vaudeville entertainer, singer |
| Loftus, Cissie [Cecilia] (b. 1876 d. 1943) | cast, composer |
| Logan, Ella (b. 1913 d. 1969) | cast, musical comedy star |
| Lorraine, Lilian (b. 1892 d. 1955) | actress, singer |
| Lucas, Nick (b. 1897 d. 1982) | banjo, cast |
| Lyon, Ben (b. 1901 d. 1979) | actor, cast |
| Macdonald, Christie (b. 1875 d. 1962) | cast, singer |
| Macdonald, Jeannette (Anna) (b. 1907 d. 1965) | cast, soprano |
| Macfarlane, George (b. 1877 d. 1932) | baritone, actor |
| MacMurray, Fred (b. 1908) | clarinet, movie star |
| Maddux, Frances (b. 1908) | cast, piano |
| Mann, Louis (b. 1865 d. 1931) | actor, dramatist |
| Marlowe, Julia (b. 1865) | actress |
| Marsh, Howard (Warren) (d. 1969) | actor, singer |
| Marshall, Everett (b. 1901 d. 1944) | baritone, cast |
| Marshall, Henry I. (b. 1883 d. 1958) | composer, lyricist |
| Marshall, Herbert (b. 1890 d. 1966) | actor, speech |
| Martin, Mary (Virginia) (b. 1913 d. 1990) | actress, cast |
| Martin, Tony (b. 1912) | baritone sax, singer |
| Marvin, Johnny (b. 1897 d. 1944) | band singer, cast |
| Mason, Shirley (b. 1900 d. 1979) | silent movie star |
| Massey, Raymond (b. 1896 d. 1983) | actor, reading |
| Matthews, Jessie (b. 1907 d. 1981) | cast, musician |
| Maude, Cyril (b. 1862) | actor |
| May, Edna (b. 1878 d. 1948) | actress, cast |
| Mayhew, Stella (b. 1874 d. 1934) | cast, comedienne |
| McCool, James (d. 1936 a. 1900-1910) | minstrel balladeer |
| McKinley, Mabel (d. 1937) | singer |
| McNaughton, Tom (b. 1867 d. 1923) | cast, comedian |
| Meller, Raquel (b. 1888 d. 1962) | interprete, libretista |
| Melton, James (b. 1904 d. 1961) | clarinet, tenor |
| Menjou, Adolphe (b. 1890 d. 1963) | actor, singer |
| Mercer, Johnny [John Herndon] (b. 1909 d. 1976) | lyricist, composer |
| Merman, Ethel (b. 1908 d. 1984) | cast, singer |
| Miller, Marilyn (b. 1898 d. 1936) | cast, producer |
| Miller, Polk (b. 1844 d. 1913 a. 1909) | banjo, singer |
| Mills, Florence (b. 1895 d. 1927) | cast, entertainer |
| Miranda, Carmen (b. 1909 d. 1955) | cast, singer |
| Miron, Joseph C. (b. 1862 d. 1918) | cast, musical comedy singer |
| Mistinguett (b. 1875 d. 1956) | cabaret and vaudeville dancer and singer |
| Montgomery, Dave [David Craig] (b. 1870 d. 1917) | actor |
| Moore, Florence (b. 1886 d. 1933) | singer |
| Moore, Grace (b. 1901 d. 1947) | soprano |
| Morgan, Helen (b. 1900 d. 1941) | cast, torch singer |
| Morris, Elida (b. 1886 d. 1977 a. 1910-1915) | coon shouter |
| Morrison, Joe (b. 1908 a. 1935) | tenor, trumpet |
| Morse, Lee (b. 1900 d. 1954) | singer, vocals |
| Morton, Eddie (b. 1870 d. 1938 a. 1907-1916) | vaudeville comedian |
| Moss, Arthur G. (d. 1932 a. 1912) | vaudeville comedian |
| Muni, Paul (b. 1897 d. 1967) | actor, cast |
| Murray, Elizabeth (b. 1870 d. 1946) | coon shouter |
| Murray, J. Harold (b. 1891 d. 1940) | baritone, cast |
| Murray, Ken (b. 1907 a. 1936) | comedy actor |
| Murray, Pete (b. 1875 d. 1940) | vaudeville comedian |
| Murray, Wyn (a. 1937) | singer |
| Naudain, May (b. 1880 d. 1923) | cast, singer |
| Nazarro, Clifford [Cliff] (b. 1904 d. 1961) | singer, vocals |
| Neagle, Anna [Florence Marjorie] (b. 1904 d. 1986) | actress, vocals |
| Negri, Pola (b. 1894 d. 1987) | singer, actress |
| Nielsen, Alice (b. 1876 d. 1943) | cast, soprano |
| Niesen, Gertrude (b. 1910 d. 1975) | cast, singer |
| North, Olive (b. 1885 a. 1916) | vaudeville entertainer |
| Norton, Ruby | cast, character-actress |
| Norworth, Jack (b. 1879 d. 1959) | cast, composer |
| Novarro, Ramon (b. 1899 d. 1969) | actor, singer |
| Novis, Donald (b. 1906 d. 1966) | cast, tenor |
| O'Brien, Virginia (b. 1921 a. 1940s) | cast, singer |
| O'Connor, George (b. 1874 d. 1946 a. 1890s) | minstrel-show comedian |
| O'Hara, Geoffrey (b. 1882 d. 1967) | composer, lyricist |
| O'Keefe, Walter Michael (b. 1900 d. 1983) | vaudeville entertainer, actor |
| O'Malley, Pat | monologues, singer |
| O'Neal, William (a. 1924) | cast, singer |
| O'Neal, Zelma (b. 1907) | actress, cast |
| Oakie, Jack (b. 1903 d. 1978) | movie comedian |
| Oakland, Will (b. 1880 d. 1956) | cast, counter tenor |
| Olcott, Chauncey (b. 1858) | cast, composer |
| Orsay, Fifi (b. 1904 d. 1983) | cast, vaudeville entertainer |
| Painter, Eleanor (b. 1886 d. 1947) | cast, operetta star |
| Palmer, Bee (b. 1898) | cast, vaudeville entertainer |
| Palmer, Lilli (b. 1914) | actress, singer |
| Patricola, Isabelle (b. 1886 d. 1965 a. 1924) | vaudeville entertainer |
| Peacock, Bertram (b. 1883 d. 1963) | cast, vaudeville entertainer |
| Peerce, Jan (b. 1904 d. 1984) | cast, Soloist: Gesang |
| Petrova, Olga (b. 1886 a. 1911-1925) | vaudeville entertainer, singer |
| Picon, Molly (b. 1898) | singer, actress |
| Pidgeon, Walter (b. 1897) | baritone, cast |
| Pollock, Frank (a. 1913) | singer, actor |
| Ponce, Dorothea (a. 1925) | vaudeville entertainer, vocals |
| Ponce, Ethel (b. 1910) | composer, vaudeville entertainer |
| Powell, Dick [Richard Ewing] (b. 1904 d. 1963) | banjo, cast |
| Powell, Eleanor (Torrey) (b. 1912 d. 1982) | cast, lap dancing |
| Power, Tyrone (b. 1869 d. 1931) | actor, cast |
| Power, Tyrone (b. 1914) | actor |
| Powers, Tom (b. 1890) | cast, piano |
| Price, George E. (b. 1900 d. 1964) | singer, comedian |
| Questal, Mae (b. 1910) | cast, singer |
| Rainer, Luise (b. 1912) | actor |
| Rathbone, Basil (b. 1892 d. 1967) | actor, cast |
| Raye, Martha (b. 1916) | cast, comedian |
| Raymond, Gene (b. 1908 a. 1913) | composer, actor |
| Raymond, Maud (b. 1871 d. 1961 a. 1908) | coon shouter |
| Reed, Alan (b. 1907 d. 1977) | comedy actor |
| Regan, Phil (b. 1906) | tenor, actor |
| Rhodes, Betty Jane (b. 1921 d. 1987) | cabaret singer |
| Richman, Harry (b. 1895 d. 1972) | cast, composer |
| Riggs, Tommy (b. 1910 d. 1967) | singer |
| Ring, Blanche (b. 1877 d. 1961) | actress, cast |
| Roberti, Lyda (b. 1909 d. 1938) | cast, singer |
| Robeson, Paul (b. 1898 d. 1976) | bass-baritone, cast |
| Robinson, Bill [Luther] (b. 1878 d. 1949) | baritone saxophone, cast |
| Rogers, Buddy [Charles] (b. 1904) | bandleader, cast |
| Rogers, Ginger (b. 1911) | cast, singer |
| Rogers, Will [William Penn Adair] (b. 1879 d. 1935) | cast, humorist |
| Romain, Manuel (b. 1872 d. 1926 a. 1909-1916) | tenor ballad singer |
| Romaine, Margaret (b. 1892) | cast, singer |
| Rose, Julian (b. 1869 d. 1935 a. 1917-1932) | music hall artist |
| Ross, Lanny [Lancelot Patrick] (b. 1906) | tenor, vocals |
| Ross, Shirley (b. 1909 d. 1975) | cast, singer |
| Roth, Lillian (b. 1911 d. 1980) | cast, composer |
| Rowland, Adele (b. 1883 d. 1971 a. 1904-1922) | vaudeville entertainer |
| Roye, Ruth (b. 1895 d. 1960) | singer |
| Rubenstein, Ruth (a. 1937) | comedienne |
| Rubin, Benny (b. 1899) | cast, choreographer |
| Rugel, Yvette (b. 1899) | singer |
| Russell, Lillian (b. 1861 d. 1922) | actress, cast |
| Sablon, Jean (b. 1906 a. 1930s-1940s) | cast, interprete |
| Sabu (b. 1924 d. 1963) | actor |
| Sadler, Josie (a. 1907-1909) | vaudeville entertainer |
| Sale, Charles "Chic" (b. 1885 d. 1936) | vaudeville monologist |
| Sanderson, Julia (b. 1887 d. 1975) | Broadway musical comedy star, cast |
| Sanford, Jere (a. 1910) | yodeler, whistler |
| Santley, Joseph (b. 1890 d. 1971) | actor, author |
| Santrey, Henry (a. 1910-1914) | vaudeville entertainer |
| Sawyer, Ivy (b. 1896 a. 1916) | cast, singer |
| Schenck, Joe (b. 1891 d. 1930) | cast, comedian |
| Seabrooke, Thomas Q. (b. 1860 d. 1913) | actor, cast |
| Seeley, Blossom (b. 1891 d. 1974) | cast, entertainer |
| Shattuck, Truly (b. 1876) | actress, cast |
| Shaw, Alice J. (b. 1856 d. 1918) | whistler |
| Shaw, Oscar (b. 1891 d. 1967 a. 1908-1941) | actor, singer |
| Shaw, Wini [Winifred] (b. 1900 d. 1982) | torch singer |
| Shean, Al (b. 1868 d. 1949) | cast, composer |
| Shearer, Norma (b. 1904 d. 1983) | actress |
| Shore, Dinah [Frances Rose] (b. 1917 d. 1994) | jazz singer, vocals |
| Shutta, Ethel (b. 1897 d. 1976) | cast, singer |
| Sinatra, Frank [Francis Albert] (b. 1915) | cast, singer |
| Singing' Sam (a. 1916-1933) | pioneer radio performer |
| Skinner, Cornelia Otis (b. 1902 d. 1979) | actress, cast |
| Smith, Jack "The Whispering Baritone" (b. 1899 d. 1951) | baritone |
| Smith, Kate [Katheryn Elizabeth] (b. 1909 d. 1986) | cast, harp |
| Sothern, E.H. [Edwin Hugh] (b. 1859 d. 1933) | actor |
| Southe, Paul (b. 1888 d. 1946) | vaudeville entertainer |
| Stanley, Aileen (b. 1897 d. 1982) | cast, singer |
| Steck, Olga (a. 1923-1925) | singing actress |
| Steel, John (b. 1900 d. 1971) | cast, tenor |
| Sten, Anna (a. 1933) | film actress |
| Stevenson, Douglas (b. 1882 d. 1934) | cast, guitar |
| Stratton, Eugene (b. 1861 d. 1918) | music hall artist |
| Swanson, Gloria (b. 1898 d. 1983) | actress |
| Swarthout, Gladys (b. 1904 d. 1969) | contralto, mezzo-soprano |
| Sylva, Marguerite (b. 1875 d. 1957) | cast, soprano |
| Tally, Harry (b. 1866 d. 1939) | singer |
| Tanguay, Eva (b. 1878 d. 1947) | cast, singer |
| Tannen, Julius (b. 1881 d. 1965) | cast, monologist |
| Tascott (a. 1905) | vaudeville comedian |
| Tate, Beth (b. 1890 a. 1911-1915) | cast, music hall artist |
| Templeton, Alec Andrew (b. 1910 d. 1963) | composer, piano |
| Terry, Ellen (Alice) (b. 1848 d. 1928) | actress |
| Thomas, John Charles (b. 1891 d. 1960) | baritone, vocals |
| Thompson, Kay (b. 1913) | composer, author |
| Thomson, Carolyn (a. 1925) | cast, singer |
| Tibbett, Lawrence Mervil (b. 1896 d. 1960) | baritone, cast |
| Tilley, Vesta (b. 1864 d. 1952) | cast, music hall artist |
| Tinney, Frank (b. 1878 d. 1940) | cast, comedian |
| Tobin, Stella (a. 1907-1909) | coon shouter |
| Todd, Dick [Richard James] (b. 1914 d. 1975 a. 1938) | baritone, vocals |
| Todd, Thelma (b. 1908 d. 1935 a. 1929) | humorous actress, singer |
| Tomlin, Pinky [Truman] (b. 1908 d. 1987) | composer, lyricist |
| Tone, Franchot (b. 1906) | actor, cast |
| Tracy, Arthur (b. 1903) | ballad singer, cast |
| Tucker, Sophie (b. 1884 d. 1966) | actress, cast |
| Valentino, Rudolph (b. 1895 d. 1926) | actor |
| Van, Billy B. (b. 1880 d. 1952) | banjo, cast |
| Van Patten, Dick (b. 1928) | child actor |
| Vance, Clarice (b. 1875 d. 1961) | dancer, singer |
| Veidt, Conrad (b. 1894 d. 1943) | actor |
| Velez, Lupe (b. 1909 d. 1944) | movie actress |
| Victoria, Vesta (b. 1873 d. 1951) | comedienne, music hall artist |
| Von Zell, Harry (b. 1906 d. 1981) | radio announcer, actor |
| Walker, Esther | vaudeville comedian, vocals |
| Walker, Nancy (b. 1922) | actress, cast |
| Walsh, Mary Jane (b. 1918) | singer |
| Webb, Clifton (b. 1891 d. 1966) | actor, cast |
| Weber, Joe [Morris] (b. 1867 d. 1942) | actor, producer |
| Weitz, Millie (a. 1937) | actress, cast |
| Welch, Elisabeth (b. 1908) | cast, singer |
| Welles, Orson [George] (b. 1915) | actor, cast |
| West, Mae (b. 1892 d. 1980) | actress, author |
| Weston, Willie (a. 1917) | vaudeville entertainer |
| Whalen, Harold (b. 1898 d. 1940 a. late) | cast, radio comedian |
| Wheaton, Anna (b. 1896 d. 1961) | cast, musical comedy and revue actress |
| White, Frances (b. 1898 d. 1969) | vaudeville entertainer, singer |
| White, Lee (b. 1886 d. 1927) | singer |
| Whitehouse, Fred (b. 1895 d. 1954) | vaudeville singer |
| Whiting, Jack (b. 1901 d. 1961) | singer, dancer |
| Wilder, Marshall Pinckney (b. 1859 d. 1915) | raconteur, vaudeville comedian |
| Williams, Bert (b. 1874 d. 1922) | cast, comedian |
| Williams, Frances (b. 1903 d. 1959) | songstress |
| Wills, Nat M. (b. 1873 d. 1917) | cast, singer |
| Wilson, Al H. (b. 1868) | singing comedian |
| Wood, Peggy (b. 1892 d. 1978) | cast, singer |
| Wynn, Bessie (b. 1876 d. 1968 a. 1897-1912) | cast, entertainer |
| Wynn, Ed (b. 1886 d. 1966) | cast, composer |
| Young, Margaret (b. 1900 d. 1969) | entertainer |