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Born October 20, 1901 • New York City • New York
Died November 7, 1993 (aged 92) • London • England
Mr. Entertainment
Sammy Davis, Jr.
American entertainer
Six-time Tony winner
Audra McDonald
American actress and singer
Idina Menzel
Idina Menzel
American actress and singer
Judy Garland
Judy Garland
American singer and actress
Bernadette Peters
Bernadette Peters
American singer and actress
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Bette Midler
American actress and singer
Sara Bareilles
Sara Bareilles
American singer and songwriter
Sutton Foster smiling at an event, wearing a dark patterned top with her hair in a high bun against a backdrop with partial text.
Sutton Foster
American actress and singer
Liza Minnelli
Liza Minnelli
American actress and singer
Ruth Brown, c. 1955.
Ruth Brown
American singer and actress
Robert Goulet smiling in a black-and-white studio portrait, wearing a plaid suit jacket, white shirt, and tie, circa early 1960s.
Robert Goulet
American singer and actor
Fay Templeton, 1895.
Fay Templeton
American singer and actress
Betty Hutton as Annie Oakley stands center stage, smiling and holding a rifle, with Louis Calhern raising her arm in victory and Howard Keel to her left, in Annie Get Your Gun (1950).
Betty Hutton
American actress and singer
Paul Robeson seated in a suit, looking up and smiling in a black and white portrait.
Paul Robeson
American singer, actor, and political activist
Jennifer Hudson smiling at the camera, wearing sparkling earrings and a dark, shimmering outfit, with her hair pulled back.
Jennifer Hudson
American actress and singer
Josephine Baker poses in a feathered costume with an elaborate feathered headdress, smiling and raising one arm, circa 1926.
Josephine Baker
French entertainer
Pinky
Ethel Waters
American singer and actress
Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt
American musician and actress
Pearl Bailey in a 1952 portrait, smiling slightly and wearing a dark jacket with a white blouse and hoop earrings.
Pearl Bailey
American entertainer
“Queen of Jazz”
Cleo Laine
British singer

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