Minnie Maddern
Dramatic Actor
Minnie Maddern Fiske (December 19, 1865 — February 15, 1932), born as Marie Augusta Davey, but often billed simply as Mrs. Fiske, was one of the leading American actresses of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. She was widely considered the most important actress on the American stage in the first quarter of the 20th century.
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Richard Mansfield
Dramatic Actor
Richard Mansfield (24 May 1857 - 30 August 1907) was an Anglo-American actor best known for his performances in Shakespeare plays, Gilbert and Sullivan operas and for his portrayal of the dual title roles in Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
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Edwin Forrest
Dramatic Actor
Edwin Forrest (March 9, 1806 – December 12, 1872) was an American actor.
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DeWolf Hopper
Dramatic Actor
De Wolf Hopper (March 30, 1858 – September 23, 1935) was an American actor, singer, comedian, and theatrical producer. A star of the musical stage, he was best-known for performing the popular baseball poem Casey at the Bat.
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Eleanor Robson
Dramatic Actor
Eleanor Robson Belmont (December 13, 1879 – October 24, 1979) was an English actress and prominent public figure in the United States. George Bernard Shaw wrote Major Barbara for her, but contractual problems prevented her from playing the role.
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Lynn Fontanne
Dramatic Actor
Lynn Fontanne (6 December 1887 – 30 July 1983) was a British actress and major stage star in the United States for over 40 years, who with her husband Alfred Lunt was part of the most acclaimed acting team in the history of the American theater.
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James Gleason
Dramatic Actor
James Austin Gleason (May 23, 1882 – April 12, 1959) was an American actor born in New York City. He was also a playwright and screenwriter.
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George Abbott
Dramatic Actor
George Francis Abbott (June 25, 1887 – January 31, 1995) was an American theater producer and director, playwright, screenwriter, and film director and producer whose career spanned more than eight decades.
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George Arliss
Dramatic Actor
George Arliss (10 April, 1868 – 5 February, 1946) was an English actor, author, playwright and filmmaker who found success in the United States. He was the first British actor to win an Academy Award.
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Ole Bull
Violinist
Ole Bornemann Bull (5 February 1810 – 17 August 1880) was a Norwegian violinist.
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Al G. Field
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John W. Vogel
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Buffalo Bill
Wild West Show
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 – January 10, 1917) was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was one of the most colorful figures of the American Old West, and mostly famous for the shows he organized with cowboy themes. Buffalo Bill received the Medal of Honor in 1872.
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Milton Berle
Comedian
Milton Berle (July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an Emmy-winning American comedian and actor. As the manic host of NBC's Texaco Star Theater (1948–55), in 1948 he was the first major star of US television[1] and as such became known as Uncle Miltie and Mr. Television to millions during TV's golden age.
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Laurel & Hardy
Comedians
Laurel and Hardy were one of the most popular comedy teams of the early to mid Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. Composed of thin, English-born Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and heavy, American-born Oliver Hardy (1892–1957) they became well known during the late '20s and '30s for their work in motion pictures and also appeared on stage throughout America and Europe.
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The George M. Cohan Family
Singing & Dancing
George Michael Cohan (pronounced "Coe-han") (July 3, 1878–November 5, 1942), known professionally as George M. Cohan, was an American entertainer, playwright, composer, lyricist, actor, singer, dancer and producer. Known as "the man who owned Broadway" in the decade before World War I, he is considered the father of American musical comedy.
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Eddie Foy
Singing & Dancing
Eddie Foy, Sr. (born Edwin Fitzgerald March 9, 1856, in Greenwich Village, New York City; died February 16, 1928, Kansas City, Missouri), was an actor, comedian, dancer and vaudevillian.
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Sophie Tucker
Singing & Dancing
Sophie Tucker (January 13, 1884 – February 9, 1966) was a Russian-born American singer and actress. Known for her stentorian delivery of comical and risque songs, she was one of the most popular entertainers in America during the first two-thirds of the 20th century. She was widely known by the nickname "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas."
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