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Born 1873 • Schwarzenau • Germany
Died November 2, 1932 (aged 59) • New York City • New York
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Jacob J. Shubert
American theatrical manager
Beck, Martin
Martin Beck
American theater manager, owner, and impresario
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Lee Shubert
American theatrical manager
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Sam S. Shubert
American theatrical manager
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Al Shean
American actor
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Lou Costello
American actor
Arthur Penn looks through a Panavision film camera while directing The Missouri Breaks, wearing a hat and sunglasses on his head.
Arthur Penn
American director
W.C. Fields in David Copperfield
W.C. Fields
American actor
Black and white portrait of Fred Astaire, 1936, wearing a suit, tie, and boutonniere, looking slightly to the side with a slight smile.
Fred Astaire
American dancer and singer
Mae West as Sister Annie Alden in Klondike Annie wears a large purple feathered hat and matching dress, with blonde curls and chandelier earrings, against a blue curtain backdrop.
Mae West
American actress
Laura Keene, lithograph.
Laura Keene
British actress
Lillian Russell
Lillian Russell
American actress
Eddie Cantor
Eddie Cantor
American entertainer
Ames, Winthrop
Winthrop Ames
American theatrical producer and director
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Adelaide Hall
American singer
Fay Templeton, 1895.
Fay Templeton
American singer and actress
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Jimmy Durante
American comedian
James William Wallack, detail from an engraving by Thomas A. Woolnoth, 1807.
James William Wallack
American actor
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Fred Stone
American actor
Jeanne Eagels.
Jeanne Eagels
American actress