Here are 10 things you should know about Mae West, born 126 years ago today. She did it all in show business: actress, singer, playwright, screenwriter, comedian and sex symbol.
Tag: vaudeville
10 Things You Should Know About Hugh Herbert
Here are 10 things you should know about film comedian Hugh Herbert, born 135 (or thereabouts) years ago today. He enjoyed a long career in vaudeville before launching his prolific movie career.
10 Things You Should Know About Donald MacBride
Here are 10 things you should know about character actor Donald MacBride, born 126 years ago today. The snaggle-toothed MacBride was much in demand for supporting roles beginning in the 1910s.
10 Things You Should Know About Chester Morris
Here are 10 things you should know about Chester Morris, born 118 years ago today. Morris began acting as a teenager and enjoyed a career that spanned more than half a century.
10 Things You Should Know About Jack Benny
Here are 10 things you should know about the legendary Jack Benny, born 125 years ago today. Benny was a show business icon who was said to be the very opposite of the parsimonious, vain and persnickety figure he portrayed for so long. We suspect the American public knew it all along.