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    Eddie Cantor (born Isidore Itzkowitz; January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer,...
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    Charlie Ventura. He was heard in 1949 by Eddie Cantor at Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel in the Borscht Belt. Cantor's so-called discovery of Fisher was later...
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  • biopic based on the life of Eddie Cantor featuring Brasselle as Cantor. It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers. Cantor himself appeared briefly...
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    Scandals is a 1933 American black-and-white pre-Code musical film starring Eddie Cantor, Ruth Etting, Gloria Stuart, Edward Arnold and David Manners. It was...
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    Known for his distinctive saucer-eyes, Ramachandran was known as "The Eddie Cantor of India". Thirukampuliyur Ranga Ramachandran born in Tirukampuliyur...
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    a regular in January 1931, introduced as "Rubinoff and His Violin." Eddie Cantor was chosen as Chevalier's replacement and the new 60-minute program,...
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    the Follies era, many of the top entertainers, including W. C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, Josephine Baker, Fanny Brice, Ann Pennington, Bert Williams, Eva Tanguay...
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    comedy, he became famous as the Greek chef Nick Parkyakarkus on the Eddie Cantor and Al Jolson radio programs, and later on a program of his own. He appeared...
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    house. Cantor, the second of three children, was born in Richmond, Virginia, the son of Mary Lee (née Hudes), a schoolteacher, and Eddie Cantor, who owned...
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  • such stars as Shelley Winters, Steve Allen, Debbie Reynolds, Eddie Fisher, Eddie Cantor and former President Ronald Reagan (who hung his Gari painting...
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    helps Chalky to intimidate Eddie Cantor for Nucky Thompson after Eddie refuses to cast Billie Kent in his movie, causing Eddie to cast her after. Dunn decides...
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  • writer, journalist, naval commander and diplomat (d. 1939) January 31 – Eddie Cantor, American actor, singer (d. 1964) February 3 – Juan Negrín, Spanish physician...
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  • Dragnet The Dreft Star Playhouse Drene Time Duffy's Tavern Easy Aces The Eddie Cantor Show The Eternal Light The Eveready Hour Everyman's Theater The Falcon...
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    among these are Nora Bayes, Fanny Brice, Ruth Etting, W. C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, Marilyn Miller, Will Rogers, Bert Williams and Ann Pennington. At a...
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    competing in that all-immigrant inaugural contest, which was judged by Eddie Cantor and Sophie Tucker. Another co-founder describes the event as beginning...
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  • (died 1955) 1889 – Frank Foster, English cricketer (died 1958) 1892 – Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, actor, and dancer (died 1964) 1894 – Isham...
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    Clary later met Merv Griffin and Eddie Cantor. This eventually led to Clary meeting Cantor's daughter, Natalie Cantor Metzger, whom he married in 1965...
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  • Édith Piaf, French singer-songwriter and actress (born 1915) 1964 – Eddie Cantor, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor (born 1892) 1964 – Heinrich...
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  • by Roy Del Ruth, produced by Samuel Goldwyn Productions, and starring Eddie Cantor. Its elaborate "Ice Cream Fantasy Finale" production number was filmed...
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    directing the film's musical scenes. It was Jane Wyman's film debut. Eddie (Eddie Cantor), recently expelled from college, is mistaken for the gangster getaway...
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    actor/producer, and author. He is best remembered for the starring role in The Eddie Cantor Story (1953). He was born Henry Keefe Brassil, the son of an Irish father...
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  • Palmy Days is a 1931 American Pre-Code musical comedy film written by Eddie Cantor, Morrie Ryskind, and David Freedman, directed by A. Edward Sutherland...
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  • series and six films in uncredited roles, including on The Eddie Cantor Story as one of Cantor's daughters. The role of Judy Hensler cast her as a classmate...
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  • who appear in this film. It was directed by David Butler and stars Eddie Cantor, Dennis Morgan, Joan Leslie, Edward Everett Horton and S.Z. Sakall. Two...
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    the previous year, he had started a friendship with comedian and host Eddie Cantor, who had given him a mezuzah. Instead of putting it by his door as a...
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    Sunday evening format show was a spectacular success, particularly for Eddie Cantor and the Martin & Lewis and Abbott & Costello duos. In his autobiography...
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    perform comedy once more on The Colgate Comedy Hour, in a sketch with host Eddie Cantor, and also appeared on NBC's Four Star Revue with the comedy team of Olsen...
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  • (1896–1996) Richard Burton (1925–1984) Francis X. Bushman (1883–1966) Eddie Cantor (1892–1964) John Carradine (1906–1988) Leo G. Carroll (1886–1972) Jack...
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    two-color Technicolor. It was directed by Thornton Freeland and stars Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta and Eleanor Hunt. The film's plot closely follows that...
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  • and on radio. Baker was born in New York City on September 16, 1921 to Eddie Cantor, a star of stage, screen, and radio as well as a songwriter and singer...
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