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...orsey Jr.''' ({{star}}November 19, 1905 – {{dag}}November 26, 1956) was an American jazz trombonist, composer, conductor and [[bandleader]] of the [[big band]] ...n primarily for its renderings of ballads at dance tempos, frequently with singers such as Jack Leonard and [[Frank Sinatra]].

...''', {{star}}8 September 1924 – {{dag}}23 December 2011) was a French-American [[vaudevillian]], [[actress]] and [[singer]], who from 1948 and 1963, appea ...otted by Hollywood. Denise came to the United States in 1947 and became an American citizen in 1952.

...Robbins (or Betty Gale Murphy), May 7, 1921[2] – February 18, 1980) was an American actress and [[singer]].

...'Avalon Boys quartet' <ref group="Note">The Avalon Boys were a quartet of singers popular in the 1930s. They appeared in a number of comedy films and had a m

...lvania's Mask and Wig Club) were permissible fare to the same middle-class American audiences that were scandalized to hear that in New York, rouged young men ...only the broadest slapstick drag tradition was generally represented. Few American TV comedians consistently used drag as a comedy device, among them Milton B

| children = 3; including Cody Carpenter <ref group="Note">an American {{lc2|musician}} and composer. He is the son of film director John Carpente '''Adrienne Jo Barbeau''' (born {{star}}June 11, 1945) is an American actress, [[singer]], and the author of three books. Barbeau came to promine

...tha Tilton''' ({{star}}November 14, 1915 – {{dag}}December 8, 2006) was an American popular singer during America's swing era and traditional pop period. She i ...Tilton, who was often billed as "The liltin' Martha Tilton". The two Texan singers performed with Country Washburne and His Orchestra, featuring Charles LaVer

...pseudonym]] used by performers and entertainers—such as actors, comedians, singers, and musicians. Such professional aliases are adopted for a wide variety of A middle name may be adopted in preference to changing a name. American Author James Finn Garner, born James Edward Garner, adopted his mother's ma

...'' ({{star}}September 23, 1897 – {{dag}}September 25, 1984) was a Canadian-American actor. He earned two [[Academy Award]] for Best Actor nominations for his r ...''Dark Command'' (1940), where he portrayed the villain (loosely based on American Civil War guerrilla William Quantrill) opposite [[John Wayne]], [[Claire Tr

Gretchen has become a pop culture and internet icon during the 2010s decade. American recording artist Katy Perry claimed that "She is the internet!" Alvaro Nede

...miniscent of the glamour of early twentieth-century Paris, or a more bawdy American bumps ‘n’ grinds style burlesque piece. *Allen, Robert C. ''Horrible Prettiness: Burlesque and American Culture''

...th Hedrick'''; {{star}}February 9, 1922 – {{dag}}February 17, 2010) was an American actress and coloratura soprano. ...[[June Allyson]] and others. The film was intended as a morale booster for American troops and their families. Grayson starred as the singing daughter of an Ar

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The English comedian [[Charlie Chaplin]] who died in 1977 and the American [[singer]] Michael Jackson were avid fans of Hill's work: Jackson found tim ...imed that he was an avid fan of Benny Hill and that he considered Hill "as American as the Beatles." Indeed, during an episode of The Man Show, Carolla perform

...variety that ran from 2.30 pm until 11 pm. They began to put on shows with singers, dancers, {{lc2|showgirl}}s, and specialty numbers. The first Revudeville a ...nude [[tableaux vivants]] based on themes such as Annie Oakley, mermaids, American Indians, and Britannia. Later, the movement was introduced in the form of t

...al source of sexual services for the US military and a component of Korean-American relations. The women in South Korea who served as prostitutes are known as ...the term migun wianbu (미군 위안부, 美軍慰安婦 "US comfort women"), translating to "American comfort women."

...rraine Burce'''; {{star}}April 1, 1929 – {{dag}}September 16, 2021) was an American actress, singer, and dancer who first appeared in [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]] m ...ers'' was named one of the greatest American musicals of all time by the [[American Film Institute]]. Powell starred in ''Athena'' and ''Deep in My Heart'' in

...Jane Fitzgerald''')({{star}}April 25, 1917 – {{dag}}June 15, 1996) was an American jazz [[singer]], sometimes referred to as the "First Lady of Song", "Queen ...her more widely noted works, particularly her interpretations of the Great American Songbook.

...of variety performance, and "the first emanation of a pervasive and purely American mass culture," grew to enormous popularity and formed as Nick Tosches write ...ematically, the term "vaudeville," itself, referring specifically to North American variety entertainment, came into common usage after 1871 with the formation

Ann-Margret (born {{star}}April 28, 1941) is a Swedish-born American actress, [[singer]] and [[dancer]]. She has won the [[Golden Globe]] Award ..., the Jordanaires (Elvis Presley's backup [[singer]]s), and the Anita Kerr Singers, with liner notes by mentor George Burns. She had a sexy throaty singing vo