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This is a partial list of vaudeville performers. Those on this list appeared at least once on the American vaudeville stage during its heyday between 1881 and 1932. The source in the citation included with each entry confirms their appearance and cites information in the performance notes section.

Vaudeville (sometimes abbreviated as vaude) a style of variety entertainment predominant in America in the late 19th century and early 20th century. A similar development in Britain was known as Music Hall. Developing from many sources, including shows in saloons, minstrelsy, freak shows, dime museums, British pantomimes, and other popular forms of entertainment, vaudeville became one of the most popular types of entertainment in America. Vaudeville took the form of a series of separate, unrelated acts each featuring a different types of performance. These performances could ranges from musicians (both classical and popular), dancers, comedians, animal acts, magicians, female and male impersonators, to acrobats, one-act plays or scenes from plays, athletes lecturing celebrities, minstrels, or even short films.

While the initial origins of vaudeville are obscure, historians acknowledge that the opening of Tony Pastor's Fourteenth Street Theatre in New York City on 24 October 1881 marks the beginning of American vaudeville. Pastor had refined the rough variety acts into something wholesome enough for women and children. Other theatre owners quickly picked up on Pastor's new style of vaude and theatres began springing up like weeds and would continue in a quick pace until the 1920s. Vaudeville kept the pace up as well reaching its height around 1915. These heights included an industrialization of the business of vaudeville. Following this climax, vaudeville began to struggle with competition from film and in the following decade, radio. These mediums competed not only for audiences, but talent as well. Towards the end of the 1920s, vaudeville theatres began to be converted to cinemas or closed altogether with entire circuits. After the blow dealt the world by the economic downturn of the Great Depression, vaudeville's pulse quickly weakened. Just as historians mark the date of the "birth" of vaude, the date of its death is marked as well. New York's Palace Theatre on Broadway, was the palace of vaudeville; a place where only the greatest of vaude's performers performed. On 16 November 1932, the last vaudeville bill was played there and the Palace became a full-time movie house. Vaudeville did continue to struggle on, but it never again reached the heights attained in 1915.[1]

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Name Birth Death Nationality Performance Notes Reference
Wilton Lackaye 30 September 1862 22 August 1932 American Actor. [2]
Bert Lahr 13 August 1895 4 December 1967 American Comic actor. [3]
Bessie Lamb c. 1878 30 October 1907 American Singer and mimic. Credited with bringing ragtime to vaudeville. [4]
Professor Lamberti 1891 13 March 1950 American Comic musician. [5]
Dorothy Lamour 10 December 1914 22 September 1996 American Actress in a Fanchon & Marco revue. [6]
Burt Lancaster 2 November 1913 20 October 1994 American Academy Award-winning actor, who started out in his teens an acrobat with Nick Cravat, Lang & Cravat. [7]
Harry Langdon 15 June 1884 22 December 1944 American Comedian who formed an act called "Johnny's New Car" with Rose Francis in 1903 and toured the Orpheum Circuit until finding greater success in silent films. [8]
Lillie Langtry 13 October 1853 12 February 1929 British Actress, widely known as the mistress of Edward VII. [9]
Grace LaRue 14 June 1895 17 July 1971 American Dancer and singer. Performed with a group of pickaninnies in an act called "Grace Larue and Her Inky-Dinks." [10] [11]
Jesse L. Lasky 13 September 1880 13 January 1958 American Actor who later co-founded Paramount Pictures with Adolph Zukor. [12]
Alfred Latell American Animal impersonator. [13]
Sir Harry Lauder 4 August 1870 26 February 1950 Scottish Singer and comedian from the British Music Hall who made 22 tours of the US. [14]
Laurel and Hardy 16 June 1890 23 February 1956 British Comic duo with Stan Laurel (16 June 1890 - 23 February 1956) and Oliver Hardy (18 January 1892 - 7 August 1957). Both started in vaudeville and started their act there before going into film. [15]
Joe Laurie, Jr. 1892 29 April 1954 American Monologist and comedian. [16] [17]
Al Lee American Comedian and "straight man" for Eddie Cantor. [18]
Gypsy Rose Lee 9 February 1911 26 April 1970 American Dancer and actress. [19]
Jane and Kathryn Lee Scottish Sister act with Jane (1912 - 20 April 1957) and Kathryn (b.1909). [20]
Lila Lee 25 July 1901 13 November 1973 American Actress. [21]
Richard LeGrand 29 August 1882 29 June 1963 American Actor.
Lillian Leitzel 1891? 15 February 1931 Hungarian Aerialist. After being trained as a concert pianist, Leitzel joined her mother's aerial act, the "Leamy Ladies." She arrived in the United States in 1910 and worked in vaude for sometime, creating a sister aerial act, the "Leitzel Sisters." Leitzel died after falling during a performance in Copenhagen. [22]
Charles LeMaire 1897 1985 American A former vaudeville performer, LeMaire began working on costumes for Broadway shows in 1921. While in New York, he designed costumes for the Ziegfeld Follies, George White's Scandals and Earl Carroll's Vanities. By the mid 40's he was a costume exec and wardrobe director with Twentieth Century Fox where he was nominated for 13 Academy Awards and won 3. [23]
Dan Leno 20 December 1860 31 October 1904 British Considered one of the greatest British Music Hall comedians who first toured the US in 1897. [24]
Eddie Leonard 18 October 1883 29 July 1941 American Blackface minstrel. [25]
Ruggero Leoncavallo 23 April 1857 9 August 1919 Italian Composer and conductor. Toured with an Italian symphony orchestra. [26]
Mervyn LeRoy 15 October 1900 13 September 1987 American Singer. Later a Hollywood director and producer. [27]
Stella LeSaint 17 December 1881 21 September 1948 American Actress with her own vaudeville troupe, Stella Razeto and Company.
Joan Leslie 26 January 1925 American Singer, began performing at the age of nine with her sisters in an act called, "The Three Brodels." She worked briefly as a model and by 1936 was in Hollywood as a child star billed as Joan Brodel. In 1940, she signed with Warner Bros. as an ingenue. [28]
Lew Leslie 1886 1963 American Singer.
The Great Lester 1878 American Singer, pianist, comedian and actor. [29]
Ethel Levy 22 November 1880 27 February 1955 American Actress and singer. Wife of George M. Cohan from 1900-1906. [30]
Ted Lewis 6 June 1890 25 August 1971 American Bandleader, clarinetist and singer known for using the phrase, "Is everybody happy?" He appeared in small-time vaudeville before 1917. He appeared in a singing duo ("Giesler & Lewis") and later toured with his dance band, appearing at the Palace in 1919, billed as "The Jazz King." He appeared at the Palace again in the late 1920s. [31] [32] [33]
Tom Lewis American Comedian. [34]
Winnie Lightner 17 September 1900 5 March 1971 American Singer known as "The Song-a-Minute Girl." [35]
Beatrice Lillie 29 May 1894 20 January 1989 Canadian Comedienne, known for her absurd double entendres. [36]
John Lind 1877 1940 American Female impersonator, often billed as "Lind?." [37]
Little Jack Little 28 May 1900 9 April 1956 British Bandleader, singer and songwriter. [20]
Little Tich 21 July 1867 10 February 1928 British Comedian, patter-singer and dancer. [38]
Mary Livingstone 23 June 1905 30 June 1983 American Comedienne and wife of Jack Benny.
Alice Lloyd 20 October 1873 16 November 1949 British Singer and sister of Marie Lloyd. [39]
Marie Lloyd 12 February 1870 7 October 1922 British Singer. [40]
Cecilia Loftus 22 October 1876 12 July 1943 British Actress, mimic and singer. [41]
Guy Lombardo 19 June 1902 5 November 1977 Canadian Bandleader, best known for his "Auld Lang Syne" every New Year's Eve. [42]
Long Track Sam 1885 Chinese Magician and acrobat. [43]
Vincent Lopez 30 December 1895 20 September 1975 American Pianist and bandleader. [44]
Montagu Love 15 March 1877 17 May 1943 British Actor.
Edmund Lowe 3 March 1890 21 April 1971 American Actor. He later married vaudevillian, Lilyan Tashman.
Ed Lowry 1 February 1898 17 August 1983 American Comedian and saxophonist. [45]
Nick Lucas 22 August 1897 28 July 1982 American Singer and guitarist. [46]
Sam Lucas 1850 5 January 1916 American Minstrel, actor, singer and comedian. He and his wife were among the first African-Americans to play vaudeville. [47]

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Name Birth Death Nationality Performance Notes Reference
Moms Mabley 19 March 1894 23 May 1975 American Comedienne billed as "The Funniest Woman in the World."
June MacCloy 2 June 1909 5 May 2005 American Actress and singer who appeared in the Earl Carroll Vanities and the George White Scandals. Later she appeared in vaudeville.
Jeanette MacDonald 9 October 1890 27 September 1944 American Singer and actress.
Machinson Sisters British British take on the Barrison Sisters.
Willard Mack 18 September 1873 18 November 1934 Canadian Actor. [48]
Violet MacMillan 4 March 1887 29 December 1953 American Actress.
Fred MacMurray 30 August 1908 5 November 1991 American Actor, got his start by touring with the California Collegiates as a saxophonist. [49]
Uncle Dave Macon 7 October 1870 22 March 1952 American Banjo player, singer, songwriter and comedian. In 1916, a talent scout for the Loew's circuit heard him play in Birmingham, Alabama and booked him to tour the circuit in the South. |[50]
Will Mahoney 5 February 1894 8 February 1967 American Comedian and xylophonist. [51]
Marjorie Main 24 February 1890 10 April 1975 American Actress and comedienne. Later a character actress in many films. [52]
Boots Mallory 22 October 1913 1 December 1958 American Dancer and later a Ziegfeld girl. Mallory debuted in vaudeville as the banjo player for a girls' band at the age of 12. By the age of 16, she was working as a dancer and she made her screen debut in 1932. [53]
Edna Malone 1 February 1899 Canadian Dancer.
Leon Mandrake 1911 1993 Canadian Magician.
Martha Mansfield 14 July 1899 30 November 1923 American Actress.
Rabbit Maranville 11 November 1891 5 January 1954 American Baseball player who appeared in vaude in an act with Eddy McHugh. [54]
Fay Marbre American Singer and dancer. [55]
Marceline and Sea Lion British An act with a sea lion and its trainer. The act appeared in the mid-1920s. [56]
Pigmeat Markham 18 April 1904 31 December 1981 American Comedian, singer, dancer and actor.
Rube Marquard 9 October 1886 1 June 1980 American Baseball player who appeared in vaude in 1911 with Annie Kent. He appeared twice with Blossom Seeley and later with Billy Dooley. [57]
Sara Martin 18 June 1884 24 May 1955 American Blues singer. Martin toured vaude in the Chicago area around 1915 and then New York in 1922. [58]
Marx Brothers American Comic team of five brothers: Chico Marx (22 March 1887 - 11 October 1961), Harpo Marx (23 November 1888 - 28 September 1964), Groucho Marx (2 October 1890 - 19 August 1977), Gummo Marx (23 October 1893 - 21 April 1977) and Zeppo Marx (25 February 1901 - 29 November 1979). Gummo left the act in 1918 to enlist in the war effort. Stage hits included 1924's I'll Say She Is, 1925's The Cocoanuts (adapted to film in 1929), and 1928's Animal Crackers (adapted to film in 1930). Zeppo left the act in 1933 (after scoring several more hit films with his Brothers (including Monkey Business, Horse Feathers, and Duck Soup) to become an agent. Groucho, Chico, and Harpo then signed with MGM in 1935 to make A Night at the Opera. [59]
Will Maston 1903 1975 American Dancer and singer. Toured with Sammy Davis, Sr., father of Sammy Davis, Jr.. [60]
Christy Mathewson 12 August 1880 7 October 1925 American Baseball player who appeared in vaude with catcher Chief Meyers in an act with May Tulley called Curves. [57]
Virginia Mayo 30 November 1920 17 January 2005 American Actress. Appeared in an act with Andy Mayo. Best known for her roles in Warner Bros. film noirs such as White Heat.
Winsor McCay 26 September 1867(?) 26 July 1934 American Cartoonist and animator who toured vaude with his creation, Gertie the Dinosaur. [61]
Bessie McCoy 1888 16 August 1931 American Singer and dancer known as "The Yama-Yama Girl." [62]
Paul McCullough 1883 25 March 1936 American Comedian who teamed up with Bobby Clark. [63]
Jimmy McFadden American Tap dancer.
Owen McGiverney 4 May 1884 31 July 1967 British Quick-change artist. [64]
Terry McGovern 9 March 1880 22 February 1918 American Boxer who held world bantamweight and featherweight titles. [65]
Tex McGuire 29 February 1909 2 August 1992 American Guitar, banjo and dobro player.
McIntyre and Heath American Minstrel duo composed of James McIntyre (1857 - 1937) and Thomas Heath (1852 - 1938). [66]
Victor McLaglen 10 December 1886 7 November 1959 British-American Academy Award-winning actor, appeared also as a boxer and acrobat. Later became famous in films working as a character actor mostly under John Ford's direction. [67]
Aimee Semple McPherson 9 October 1890 27 September 1944 American Evangelist. [68]
Raquel Mellar 10 March 1888 26 July 1962 Spanish Chanteuse. [69]
Rose Melville 30 January 1873 8 October 1946 American Singing-comedienne. [70]
Adolphe Menjou 18 February 1890 29 October 1963 American Actor and comedian, later known as a character actor in films such as the original A Star Is Born.
Ethel Merman 16 January 1909 15 February 1984 American Singer and actress, possibly the most the pre-eminent star in Broadway musicals. [71]
Chief Meyers 29 July 1880 25 July 1971 American Baseball player who appeared in vaude with catcher Chief Meyers in an act with May Tulley called Curves. [57]
Charles B. Middleton 3 October 1874 22 April 1949 American Character actor who often played commanding or villainous characters in films in the 1920s. [72]
Lizzie Miles 31 March 1895 17 March 1963 American Blues singer. Toured the south in theatres and circuses. She also toured with minstrel shows. [73]
Miller and Lyles American Comic duo and well known comic writers. Duo was composed of Flourney E. Miller (14 April 1887 - 6 June 1971) and Aubrey L. Lyles (1884 - 28 July 1932). [74]
Emmett Miller 2 February 1900 1962 American Minstrel and singer noted for his yodel-like falsetto voice.
Marilyn Miller 1 September 1898 7 April 1936 American Dancer, starred in several Ziegfeld shows such as Sally, Sunny, and Rosalie where she played the all-American girl to full extent. Also appeared in numerous editions of the Ziegfeld Follies. [75]
Mills Brothers American Vocal quartet with John Jr. (1911 - 1936) basso and guitarist, Herbert ( Apr. 1912 - 12 April 1989) tenor, Harry (19 August 1913 - 20 June 1982) baritone, and Donald (29 April 1915 - 13 November 1999) lead tenor. The famed vocal group began in small-time vaude and worked their way up to the big-time, appearing at the Palace the week of 23 January 1931. [76] [77]
Florence Mills 25 January 1896 1 November 1927 American Comedienne, singer and dancer. [78]
Borrah Minnevitch and His Harmonica Rascals Russian Borrah Minnevitch put together this act with midgets playing harmonicas. This act is credited with popularizing the harmonica in America. [79]
Rhea Mitchell 10 December 1890 16 September 1957 American Actress.
Tom Mix 6 January 1880 12 October 1940 American Sharpshooter who joined the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Show in 1909. He appeared in Western films starting in 1910 and when he appeared at the Hippodrome in New York, 1928, he broke all attendance records. [80] [81] [82]
Marshall Montgomery 1886 30 September 1942 American Comic musician and ventriloquist. [83]
Montrose and Allen American Comic duo consisting of Billy Allen and his wife, Belle Montrose (23 April 1886 - 26 October 1963). [84] [85]
Florence Moore 1886 23 March 1935 American Singer-comedienne. First female emcee at the Palace. [86]
Tim Moore 9 December 1887 13 December 1958 American Comedian and actor.
Victor Moore 24 February 1876 23 July 1962 American Comedian, later became famous as a character actor on both stage and screen. [87]
Polly Moran 28 June 1883 25 January 1952 American Actress and comedienne, best known for her films opposite Marie Dressler. [88]
Mantan Moreland 3 September 1902 28 September 1973 American Actor and comedian, performed on the "Chitlin Circuit" for many years.
Helen Morgan 2 August 1900 8 August 1941 American Singer and actress, known for reinvigorating the torch song with her performance in Show Boat and for leading a somewhat tragic life. [89]
Clara Morris 17 March 1849 20 November 1925 Canadian Actress. [90]
Johnnie Morris 15 June 1887 7 October 1969 American Comedian and actor.
Lily Morris 1884 3 October 1952 British Singing-comedienne. [91]
Ernie Morrison 20 December 1912 24 July 1989 American Dancer.
Lee Morse 1904 16 December 1954 American Blues singer known for her trademark yodeling. [92]
Charles Morton 28 January 1907 26 October 1966 American Actor.
James J. Morton 25 December 1861 10 April 1938 American Comedian known as "The Boy Comic." [92]
Jelly Roll Morton 20 September 1885 10 July 1941 American Pianist, bandleader and composer, one of the founders of modern day jazz.
Mosconi Brothers American Dance duo consisting of brothers Louis (d. 1 August 1969) and Charles Mosconi (d. 1 March 1975). [93]
Bennie Moten 13 November 1894 2 April 1935 American Jazz pianist and bandleader of Bennie Moten's Kansas City Orchestra. Count Basie was recruited to play piano with the band in 1929. Moten toured on the TOBA circuits. [94] [95]
Ona Munson 16 June 1903 11 February 1955 American Singer and actress. [96]
Billy Murray 25 May 1877 17 August 1954 American Singer.
J. Harold Murray 17 February 1891 11 December 1940 American Singer. [97]
Jan Murray 4 October 1916 2 July 2006 American Comedian, later known for his appearances on The Hollywood Squares and many TV variety shows.
Ken Murray 14 July 1903 12 October 1988 American Actor and singer. Served as the emcee at the Palace. [98]

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Name Birth Death Nationality Performance Notes Reference
Alfred Naess 26 April 1977 6 July 1955 Norwegian Speedskater who toured with Austrian skater, Frieda Meyer (c. 1890 - 1976).
Conrad Nagel 16 March 1897 24 February 1970 American Actor, began as an acrobat in vaude but switched professions. Later became a matinee idol once signed to MGM. [99]
John Nash 1830 1901 British British Music Hall performer, first to tour the US. [100]
Mary Nash 15 August 1885 3 December 1976 American Actress.
Carrie Nation 25 November 1846 9 June 1911 American Leader in the Temperance movement. [101]
Alla Nazimova 22 May 1879 14 July 1945 Russian Actress, known for her flamboyant acting style and offscreen life. [102]
Harriet Nelson 18 July 1909 2 October 1994 American Singer and actress. Wife of Ozzie Nelson and mother of Ricky Nelson.
Ozzie Nelson 20 March 1906 3 June 1975 American Bandleader for the Ozzie Nelson band. Husband of Harriet Nelson (the band's singer) and father of Ricky Nelson.
Evelyn Nesbit 25 December 1884 17 January 1967 American Dancer. Nesbit was the focal point of a love triangle between her lover, architect Stanford White and her husband, millionaire Harry K. Thaw. Following White's shooting death at the hands of Thaw, Nesbit became a popular attraction onstage. [103]
Alfred Newman 17 March 1900 17 February 1970 American Pianist. Later a film composer, conductor and music director.
Fred Niblo 6 January 1874 11 November 1948 American Minstrel and blackface monologuist. Niblo began touring with George M. Cohan's troupe and appeared in some of his Broadway shows. After marrying Cohan's sister, Josephine, Niblo moved to Hollywood where he worked with Thomas Ince as an actor and moved on to directing. His wife, Josephine died in 1916 under odd circumstances creating a feud between Cohan and Niblo. |[103] [104] [105]
Nicholas Brothers American Tap dancers, brothers Fayard ( 20 October 1914 - 24 January 2006) and Harold (27 March 1921 - 3 July 2000). Found greater fame appearing in such movies as Stormy Weather and Sun Valley Serenade. [106]
Alice Nielsen 1872 1943 American Operatic singer.
Marian Nixon 20 October 1904 13 February 1983 American Former vaudeville chorus girl who entered films in 1922. [107]
Karyl Norman 1896 23 July 1947 American Female impersonator billed as "The Creole Fashion Plate." [108] [109]
Bobby North 2 February 1884 13 August 1976 American Singer, dancer, actor and Jewish comedian. [110]
Ruby Norton American Singer accompanied by Clarence Senna. [111]
Red Norvo 31 March 1908 6 April 1999 American Xylophonist with Paul Whiteman. [112]
Jack Norworth 5 January 1879 1 September 1959 American Singer and actor. Husband of Nora Bayes. [113]
Annie Oakley 13 August 1860 3 November 1926 American Famed sharpshooter, later the subject of the Broadway musical and film Annie Get Your Gun.
Buck O'Brien 9 May 1882 25 July 1959 American Baseball player who appeared with the Boston Red Sox Quartette in 1912. The quartet included Hugh Bradley, Marty Hale and Bill Lyons. [57]
Donald O'Connor 28 August 1925 27 September 2003 American Actor and dancer, was a member of his family's vaudeville act. [114]
Geoffrey O'Hara 2 February 1882 31 January 1967 Canadian Singer and songwriter. [115]
Walter O'Keefe 18 August 1900 26 June 1983 American Singer and songwriter.
Chauncey Olcott 21 July 1858 18 March 1932 American Actor, minstrel, and monologist. [116]
Charley O'Leary 15 October 1882 6 January 1941 American Former baseball player who had an act with Germany Schaefer. [117]
Olsen and Johnson American Comic duo with Ole Olsen (6 November 1892 - 26 January 1963) and Chic Johnson (15 March 1891 - 28 February 1962). Biggest success came with the revue Hellzapoppin'. [118]
Patrick H. O'Malley Jr. 3 September 1890 21 May 1966 American Actor.
Nance O'Neill 1874 1965 American Actress. [48]
Original Creole Orchestra American Early jazz band also known as the Original Creole Band and the Original Creole Jass Band. The 11 member band included the founder, Bill Johnson (jazz musician) (10 August 1872 - 3 December 1972), on mandolin and cornetist Freddie Keppard (27 February 1890 - 15 July 1933). In 1916, Victor offered to record the orchestra, which would have made them the first jazz band to record, but they refused. [119]
Michael O'Shea 17 March 1906 4 December 1973 American Toured with Jack Johnson's vaudeville show in 1923 and worked on the legit stage. O'Shea worked as a leading man in films in the 1940s and 1950s. [120]
Jack Osterman 8 April 1902 8 June 1939 American Comedian known as the "Bad Boy of Broadway" In the 1920s Osterman was earning $1750 a week as a headliner and revue star. He played the Palace in March, 1924 and April, 1932. He also appeared in a number of musical comedies. [121]
Jack Owens, The Cruising Crooner 17 October 1912 26 January 1982 American Singer.

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Name Birth Death Nationality Performance Notes Reference
Earl Palmer 25 October 1924 American Singer and dancer who toured in vaudeville with Ida Cox. In 1947, Palmer took up the drums and became a noted drummer. [122]
Harry Palmer 12 July 1889 5 October 1972 American Actor and comedian in a comic duo with Jo Hayden, Palmer and Hayden.
Antonio Pantojas 25 November 1948 Puerto Rican Actor, comedian, dancer, vaudeville performer, and female impersonator.
Eddie Parkes 1893 24 July 1985 American Song and dance man. [123]
James Parrott 2 August 1898 10 May 1939 American Singer and comedian.
Tony Pastor 28 May 1837 26 August 1908 American Singer and actor. Credited as one of the founders of vaudeville. [124]
Miss Patricola 1886 23 May 1965 American Singer; billed as Miss Patricola. Full name Isabel or Isabella Patricola. [125]
Hank Patterson 9 October 1888 23 August 1975 American Pianist and actor.
Pauline 1874 11 November 1942 American Stage hypnotist who was billed simply as Pauline. [126]
Edna Payne 5 December 1891 31 January 1953 American Actress.
John Payne 23 May 1912 6 December 1989 American Singer, later became one of Fox Studio's frequent leading men in their movie musicals.
Eddie Peabody 19 February 1902 7 November 1970 American Banjo player. [126]
Jack Pearl 29 October 1894 25 December 1984 American Comedian once teamed with Ben Bard. [127]
Peerless Quartet American All-male vocal quartet.
Joe Penner 5 January 1879 1 September 1959 Hungarian-American Comedian, known for his catchphrase "Wanna buy a duck?". [42]
Ann Pennington 23 December 1892 7 November 1971 American Dancer known as "The Girl With the Dimpled Knees." [128]
Jack Pepper 14 June 1902 1 April 1979 American A juvenile comedian, Pepper appeared in vaudeville in the mid 1920's with his sisters, Helen and Winnie Mae and Frank Salt in an act called "Salt and Pepper." In 1929, Pepper made his film debut in an MGM short film. [129]
Olga Petrova 10 May 1884 30 November 1977 British Known for her undefinable act which might include acting, recitations or singing. [130]
Molly Picon 1 June 1898 5 April 1992 American Actress, known for her Yiddish songs and skits and close ties to the Jewish community. [131]
Polaire 13 May 1879 14 October 1939 French Singer and actress. [132]
Daphne Pollard 1892 1978 Australian Comedienne and actress. [133]
Rosa Ponselle 22 January 1897 25 May 1981 American Operatic soprano. She toured with her sister, mezzo-soprano Carmella, as "Those Tailored Italian Girls." [134]
Eleanor Powell 21 November 1912 11 February 1982 American Dancer and actress who started with Gus Edwards. Later found greater fame after signing with MGM. [96]
Evelyn Preer 16 July 1896 27 November 1932 American Singer and actress.
George E. Price 5 January 1900 10 May 1964 American Song and dance man. [135]
Kate Price 13 February 1872 4 January 1943 Irish Actress who toured vaudeville with her husband, Joseph Price Ludwig.
Primrose and West American Blackface song and dance team composed of George H. Primrose (12 November 1852 - 23 July 1919) and Billy West. [136]
F. F. Proctor 1851 4 September 1929 American Juggler. Later Proctor would be a major vaudeville impresario. [137]
Eva Puck 27 November 1892 25 October 1979 American Singer-comedienne and dancer. [138]
Mae Questel 13 September 1908 4 January 1998 American Actress and comedienne, best known as the voices of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl. [139]
Eddie Quillan 31 March 1907 19 January 1990 American Actor with family act the age 7. [140]

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Name Birth Death Nationality Performance Notes Reference
Jackie Rae 14 May 1922 5 October 2006 Canadian Singer and songwriter, began performing with his brother, Saul (31 December 1914 - 9 January 1999) and sister, Grace, at the age of three. The three performed as The Three Little Raes of Sunshine.
George Raft 26 September 1895 24 November 1980 American Actor, began as a dancer in the Orpheum and Keith circuits and in Texas Guinan's nightclub. [141]
Ma Rainey September 1882 22 December 1939 American Famed blues singer. [142]
Esther Ralston 17 September 1902 14 January 1994 American Actress and comedienne who made her appearance in her parent's act at the age of 2. At 14, she made her screen debut and following a few small roles eventually became one of America's highest paid stars of the era. Appeared at the Palace the week of 14 June 1930. [81] [143]
Majorie Rambeau 15 July 1889 6 July 1970 American Actress. [48]
Sally Rand 2 January 1904 31 August 1979 American Dancer known for her famous fan dance which had Rand arrested several times, most notably at the 1933 World's Fair. Rand also danced with a bubble and dressed as Lady Godiva, horse and all. [144]
Doris Rankin 1880 1946 American Actress who appeared in a tab sketch of How Do You Know? in 1925. She was the daughter of McKee Rankin and wife of Lionel Barrymore.
Albertina Rasch 2 October 1967 Austrian Dancer who headed a ballet troupe. [145]
Enrico Rastelli 19 December 1896 13 December 1931 Italian Juggler and acrobat. [146]
Don Raye 16 March 1909 29 January 1985 American Song and dance man and songwriter.
Martha Raye 27 August 1916 19 October 1994 American Comedienne and actress born in Butte, Montana where her vaudevillian parents had been stranded. Raye debuted with her parents at the age of 3 and by 13 was touring as a singer in a band. Raye first began working in film in 1935. [147]
Ada Reeve 3 March 1874 25 September 1966 British Light comedienne and singer. [148]
Al Reeves 30 May 1865 26 February 1940 American Singer and banjo player. [149]
Wallace Reid 15 April 1891 18 January 1923 American Toured in a sketch called The Girl and the Ranger. [150]
Francis Renault c. 1893 29 May 1955 American Female impersonator billed as "The Original Slave of Fashion." [151]
The Revelers American All-male close harmony group.
The Rhythm Boys 2 May 1901 14 October 1977 American Male singing trio consisting of Bing Crosby (2 May 1901 - 14 October 1977), Al Rinker (20 December 1907 - 11 June 1982) and Harry Barris (24 November 1905 - 13 December 1962). The group began as a duo between Crosby and Rinker who called themselves "Two Boys and a Piano." The group began singing with Paul Whiteman and his orchestra in 1926, nearly a year after the two young men joined forces. The duo became a trio in 1927 when pianist, singer and songwriter Barris joined them. The group disbanded when Crosby left to start a solo career in 1931. [152] [153]
Lieutenant Gitz Rice 5 March 1891 16 October 1947 Canadian Singer and songwriter. [154]
Buddy Rich 30 September 1917 2 April 1987 American Drummer and bandleader who appeared in his parents vaude act before the age of 2. [155]
Frank "Cannonball" Richards American Performer whose act involved taking heavy blows to his belly.
Harry Richman 10 August 1895 3 November 1972 American Song and dance man and songwriter. [156]
Rin Tin Tin c. 10 September 1918 10 August 1932 German shepherd dog which had become famous in silent films and later in radio. Rin Tin Tin appeared at the Palace in May of 1930. [157]
Blanche Ring 24 April 1876 13 January 1961 American Singer and actress. [158]
Thelma Ritter 14 February 1905 5 February 1969 American Actress. [159]
Ritz Brothers American Trio of brothers who danced and performed slapstick and acrobatic comedy. The trio was composed of Al (August 27, 1901 - December 22, 1965), Harry ((October 4, 1904 - November 17, 1985) and Jimmy Ritz ((May 22, 1907 - March 29, 1986). They were managed by their brother, George. Al won an amateur vaudeville contest as a dancer and began working the circuits followed by his brothers as each finished high school. The brothers first appeared as a team on Coney Island, 1925. They were one of the top attractions of the era and appeared in Earl Carroll's Vanities. [160]
Edith Roberts 17 September 1899 20 August 1935 American Actress.
Joe Roberts 2 February 1871 28 October 1923 American Actor who toured with his wife, Lillian Stuart Roberts, as part of a rowdy act called Roberts, Hays and Roberts.
George Robey 20 September 1869 29 November 1954 British British music hall actor and comedian. [161]
A. Robins c. 1886 17 December 1950 American Clown novelty act. Robins later performed under the name Banana Man. [162]
Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson 25 May 1878 25 November 1949 American Tap dancer, who heavily influenced Fred Astaire and later appeared in many movie musicals for Fox, most notably opposite Shirley Temple. [163]
Rock and White American Comic duo composed of William Rock (1875 - 27 June 1922) and Frances White (1898-24 February 1969). [164]
Blossom Rock 21 August 1895 14 January 1978 American Singer and actress, sister of Jeanette MacDonald and who toured initially (as Marie MacDonald) with Eve Sully. Later known for her role as Grandmama Addams on TV's The Addams Family. [165]
George L. "Doc" Rockwell 1890 2 March 1978 American Comedian billed as "Dr. Rockwell, Quack, Quack, Quack." [166]
"Klondike Kate" Rockwell 1873 1957 American Dancer.
Ginger Rogers 16 July 1911 25 April 1995 American Dancer, singer and actress first appearing with Eddie Foy's troupe in Fort Worth, Texas in 1925. Working as a dancer, she toured alone and later with husband, Jack Pepper, as "Ginger and Pepper" in 1928. She sang with the Eddie Lowry Band in Chicago and the Paul Asch Orchestra in New York City. Rogers's first film appearance was in a 1930 film short for Paramount Pictures. [167] [168]
Will Rogers 4 November 1879 15 August 1935 American Actor, singer, comedian and social commentator. Appeared in numerous editions of the Ziegfeld Follies and was considered the highlight by many. [169]
Ruth Roland 26 August 1872 22 September 1937 American Actress and singer. Appeared at the Palace in March, 1930 in a playlet, "Wanted." [81]
B. A. Rolfe 24 October 1879 23 April 1956 American Cornetist and bandleader. [12]
Mickey Rooney 23 September 1920 American Debuted in his parents vaude act as a midget at the age of 2 years as "Sonny Yule." Hired by an MGM talent scout n New York, the producers insisted that his mother dye his hair black and change his name to "Mickey Looney". Both of his parents disagreed and settled on Rooney. [170] [171]
Pat Rooney, III 1909 5 November 1975 American Comedian. [172]
The Rooneys American Irish comic duo consisting of Pat Rooney, Jr. (4 July 1880 - 9 September 1962) and his wife, Marion Bent (23 December 1879 - 28 July 1940). [172]
Fred Rose 24 August 1897 1 December 1954 American Pianist, singer and songwriter of mostly country songs. Worked with Paul Whiteman and His Orchestra. [173]
Harry Rose 2 December 1893 10 December 1962 British Comedian. [174]
Julian Rose 1879 13 September 1935 British Jewish comedian. [175]
Baby Rose Marie 15 August 1923 American Child star and singer, later found fame on TV's The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Hollywood Squares [176]
Edward Roseman 14 May 1875 16 September 1957 American Actor.
Lillian Roth 13 December 1910 2 May 1980 American Toured with her sister, Ann as Lillian Roth & Co. or The Roth Kids from the age of 6. Roth starred in the Ziegfeld Midnight Frolics and Earl Carroll's Vanities, in the late 20s and 30s. Her autobiography I'll Cry Tomorrow later became a feature film. [177] [178]
Adele Rowland 10 July 1883 8 August 1971 American Singer. [179]
Ruth Royce 6 February 1893 7 May 1971 American Actress.
Ruth Roye American Ragtime singer. [180]
Benny Rubin 2 February 1899 15 July 1986 American Jewish dialect comedian. [181]
David Rubinoff 1897 6 October 1986 Russian-American Violinist. [182]
Harry Ruby 29 October 1895 23 February 1974 American Pianist and songwriter. [84] [183]
Yvette Rugel 1899 American Singer. [184]
Fred Russell 29 September 1862 14 October 1957 British Ventriloquist. Credited as "The Father of Modern Ventriloquism" as the first to use a dummy on his knee. His dummy was named "Coster Joe." [185]
Lillian Russell 4 December 1861 6 June 1922 American Actress and singer. [186]
Babe Ruth 6 February 1895 16 August 1948 American Baseball Hall of Famer who appeared in vaude with Wellinton Cross of Cross & Josephine in 1921. [54]
Peggy Ryan 28 August 1924 30 October 2004 American Child performer on the vaudeville stage and onscreen beginning at age 13. Ryan later appeared in movie musicals for Universal Studios opposite Donald O'Connor. [187]

[edit] S

Name Birth Death Nationality Performance Notes Reference
Ruth St. Denis 16 April 1889 21 July 1968 American Dancer. [188]
Marin Sais 20 January 1879 31 December 1971 American Actress.
Charles "Chic" Sale 25 August 1885 7 November 1936 American Actor, monologist and writer. [189]
Rae Samuels 1886 24 October 1979 American Comic singer. [190]
Fred Sanborn 23 November 1899 9 March 1961 American Drummer, xylophonist and stooge. [191]
Elvera Sanchez 1 September 1905 2 September 2000 American Dancer.
Eugen Sandow 2 April 1867 14 October 1925 German Strong man, who was managed by Florenz Ziegfeld and appeared at the 1893 Columbian Exposition. [192]
Jimmy Savo 1895 6 September 1960 American Pantomimist. [193]
Bert Savoy c. 1888 26 June 1923 American Female impersonator with "straight man" Jay Brennan. His lines and mannerisms may have influenced Mae West. [194]
Germany Schaefer 4 February 1877 16 May 1919 American Former basbeball player who had an act with Charley O'Leary. [117]
Fritzi Scheff 30 August 1879 8 April 1954 Austrian Actress and singer. [195]
Ernestine Schumann-Heink 15 June 1861 17 November 1936 German Operatic contralto. [196]
Malcolm Scott 7 March 1872 7 September 1929 British Female impersonator billed as "The Woman Who Knows." [197]
Fred F. Sears 1913 1957 American Dancer on the Radio-Keith-Orpheum (RKO) circuit. Later, Sears would become a film director for Columbia Pictures.
Rolfe Sedan 20 January 1896 16 September 1982 American Actor.
Blossom Seeley 16 July 1891 17 April 1974 American Singer. [57]
William Selig 14 March 1864 15 July 1948 American Actor.
Larry Semon 16 July 1889 8 October 1928 American One of the highest-paid film comedians of the 1920s, Semon also directed many of the films he starred in. After problems with the Vitagraph studio in 1922, he began working as a comedian on the vaudeville stage. [195] [198]
Ted Shapiro 31 October 1899 26 March 1980 American Pianist and songwriter.
Wini Shaw 25 February 1910 2 May 1982 American Actress in her parent's vaudeville act.
Ella Shields 26 September 1879 5 August 1952 American-British Male impersonator and singer. [199]
Ethel Shutta 1 December 1896 5 February 1976 American Actress and later Ziegfeld Girl who toured with her mother, Augusta, and her brother, Jack, as The Three Shuttas.
Martinus Sieveking 24 March 1867 26 November 1950 Dutch Pianist and composer who toured with Eugen Sandow.
Phil Silvers 11 May 1911 1 November 1985 American Originally a singer in vaudeville at the age of 13, Silvers appeared in some early movie musicals. After appearing in burlesque at Minsky's in 1934, he made in feature film debut in 1940. He appeared in Broadway and on TV in the 1950s where he won and Emmy Award. |[200] [201]
Howard Simms American Tap dancer.
Penny Singleton 15 September 1908 12 November 2003 American Actress and comedienne, later found fame playing Blondie in a series of films and voicing Jane Jetson.
Singer's Midgets mostly Austrian and Hungarian A troupe of midgets under the management of Lee Singer (d. 5 March 1951). Best known for playing the Munchkins in The Wizard of Oz. [202]
Noble Sissle and Eubie Blake American Musical act with Sissle (10 July 1889 - 17 December 1975) and Blake (7 February 1887 - 12 February 1983). Blake was originally a member of Jimmy Europe's "Society Orchestra" which had accompanied Vernon and Irene Castle's ballroom dance act. Blake and Sissle joined forces shortly after World War I, forming the "Dixie Duo," a musical act. The pair went on to create the groundbreaking musical, Shuffle Along. Following their breakup, Sissle continued to work with various other duos from 1928-9. [203][204][205]
Red Skelton 18 July 1913 17 September 1997 American Comedian, who later found fame on both the big and small screen. [206]
Ted Sloan 10 August 1974 21 December 1933 American Former thoroughbred racing jockey who briefly starred in a one-man vaudeville show with a monologue written by George M. Cohan. Legend has it that Cohan's musical, Little Johnny Jones is based on Sloan's life story. [207]
Phillips Smalley 7 August 1875 2 May 1939 American Actor.
Roy Smeck 6 February 1900 5 April 1994 American Guitar, banjo, ukelele and Hawaiian guitar virtuoso. [208]
Smith and Dale American Comic duo of Charles Marks (6 September 1881 - 16 November 1971) and Joseph Sultzer (16 February 1884 - 22 February 1981). [209]
Ada "Bricktop" Smith 14 August 1894 1 February 1984 American Singer and dancer. [210]
Bessie Smith 15 April 1894 26 September 1937 American Legendary blues singer. Smith was ranked as the top performer on the T.O.B.A. circuit in the 1920s. [142] [211][212]
Chris Smith 12 October 1879 4 October 1949 American Musician. Songwriter of "Ballin' the Jack." [211]
Clara Smith c. 1894 2 February 1935 American Blues singer. Smith began working in vaude around 1910 and by 1918 was one of the biggest names on the TOBA circuit. [213]
"Whispering" Jack Smith 31 May 1898 13 May 1950 American Singer known for his "whispering" style of singing.
Kate Smith 1 May 1907 17 June 1986 American Singer, known for her renditions of "God Bless America" and "When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain" and for her "Hello, everybody!". [214]
Mamie Smith 26 May 1883 16 September 1946 American Blues singer. Smith toured nationally as "Mamie Smith and Her Jazz Hounds," in the 1920s. [142][215]
Pinetop Smith 11 June 1904 15 March 1929 American Jazz pianist.
Trixie Smith 1895 21 September 1943 American Blues singer. Toured the TOBA circuits from 1918. [216]
Willie "The Lion" Smith 25 November 1897 18 April 1973 American Jazz pianist.
John Philip Sousa 6 November 1854 6 March 1932 American Composer and band conductor. [217]
Eddie South 27 November 1904 25 April 1962 American Jazz violinist.
Elsie Southgate 1890 1946 British Violinist, billed as "The Royal Violinist."
Leora Spellman 13 July 1890 4 September 1945 American Singer and actress.
Victoria Spivey 5 October 1906 1976 American Blues singer.
George Stallings 17 November 1867 13 May 1929 American Baseball player who appeared in vaude as a monologist. [54]
Aileen Stanley 1897 24 March 1982 American Singer. Had an act with her brother, Stanley & Aileen. [218]
John Steel 1895 1971 American Singer. [219]
Julius Steger 4 March 1870 25 February 1959 American Actor in a playlet he wrote himself, The Fifth Commandment. [220]
Harry Steppe March 1888 22 November 1943 Russian-American Actor, Jewish dialect comedian and hobo clown.
Cal Stewart 1856 1919 American Comic monologist.
Dorothy Stickney 21 June 1896 2 June 1998 American Singer and dancer.
Frank Stokes December 1887 or January 1888 12 September 1955 American Singer, blues musician and blackface minstrel.
Fred Stone 19 August 1873 6 March 1959 American Acrobat, tightrope walker, minstrel, and actor. [221]
Charley Straight 16 January 1891 22 September 1940 American Pianist, bandleader and composer.
Gabby Street 30 September 1882 6 February 1951 American Baseball player who appeared in vaude. [117]
Dana Suesse 3 December 1909 16 October 1987 American Dancer, songwriter, lyricist and pianist.
Anne Sullivan 14 April 1866 20 October 1926 American Teacher to Helen Keller who appeared with her when she lectured. [222]
Gus Sun 7 October 1868 1 October 1959 American Juggler and minstrel. Later, the owner of the Gus Sun Circuit. [223]
Valeska Suratt 22 June 1882 2 July 1962 American Actress. [224]
Mack Swain 16 February 1876 25 August 1935 American Comedian who later appeared in Mack Sennett's Keystone comedies. [225]
Blanche Sweet 18 June 1896 6 September 1986 American Actress, Appeared with her parent's vaude act at the age of 18 months. She was billed as "Baby Blanche" or "Sweet Little Blanche." [226]

[edit] T-U-V

Name Birth Death Nationality Performance Notes Reference
Chief Tahachee 4 March 1904 9 June 1978 American Actor.
Taliaferro Sisters American Sister act with Edith (21 December 1893 - 2 March 1958) and her sister, Mabel Taliaferro (21 May 1887 - 24 January 1979). [227]
Eva Tanguay 1 August 1878 11 January 1947 Canadian Singer. [102] [228]
Julius Tannen 16 May 1880 3 January 1965 American Monologist. [229]
Lilyan Tashman 23 October 1899 21 March 1934 American Actor, singer and dancer. Started out as a principle actress for Gus Edwards and ended up as a Ziegfeld girl. [230]
Dub Taylor 26 February 1907 3 October 1994 American Actor.
Eva Taylor 22 January 1895 31 October 1977 American Singer and dancer. Was a "pickaninny" or "pick" for Phina and Her Picks (later Josephine Gassman and Her Pickaninnies). [11]
Tell Taylor 14 October 1876 24 November 1937 American Singer and songwriter.
Lou Tellegen 26 November 1881 29 October 1934 Dutch Actor who appeared in a sketch from his play, Blind Youth. [48]
Fay Templeton 25 December 1865 3 October 1939 American Actress and singer. [231]
Dame Ellen Terry 27 February 1847 21 July 1928 British Actress who also appeared with her sister, Kate Terry. [227]
Denman Thompson 15 October 1833 11 May 1991 American Actor. [232]
Lydia Thompson 19 February 1836 17 November 1908 American Actress. [233]
Bonnie Thornton c. 1871 13 March 1920 American Singer known as "The Original Tutti-Frutti Girl." [234]
Richard Thorpe 24 Febreuary 1896 13 January 1961 American Singer and actor. Later in Hollywood films. [235]
Howard Thurston 20 July 1869 13 April 1936 American Magician. [236]
Dox Thrash 1893 1965 American Actor.
Three Stooges American A comic trio consisting of brothers Moe (19 June 1897 - 4 May 1975) and Shemp Howard (4 March 1895 - 22 November 1955), and friend Larry Fine (5 October 1902 - 24 January 1975). [237]
Three X Sisters American Harmony singing trio consisting of Pearl Santos, Violet Hamilton, and Jessie Fordyce. [238]
"Big Bill" Tilden 10 February 1893 5 June 1953 American Tennis player and monologist. [239]
Vesta Tilley 13 May 1864 16 September 1962 British Male impersonator. [240]
Tim and Irene American Comic duo composed of Tim Ryan (5 July 1889 - 22 October 1956) and his wife, Irene Ryan (17 October 1902 - 26 April 1973).
Herman Timberg 1892 16 April 1952 American Comedy monologist who would often exit the stage on all fours and perform trick violin playing. [241]
Joe Tinker 27 July 1880 27 July 1948 American Baseball player who appeared in vaude around 1911. [117]
Frank Tinney 29 March 1878 28 November 1940 American Blackface comic who would perform trick violin playing. [242]
Lydia Yeamans Titus 1866 30 December 1929 American Character actress and singer. [243]
Eddie Tolan 29 September 1908 30 or 31 July 1967 American Sprinter who appeared briefly with Bill "Bojangles" Robinson.
Rudy Toombs 1914 28 November 1962 American Song and dance man.
Raquel Torres 1908 1987 Mexican Actress.
Toto 1888 15 December 1938 Swiss Clown who performed with his dog, Whisky. [243]
Patsy Touhey 1865 1923 Irish-American Player of the uilleann pipes.
Arthur Tracy 25 June 1899 5 October 1997 Russian-American Singer (baritone) of sentimental songs. [243]
Doris Eaton Travis 14 March 1904 American Singer, dancer and Ziegfeld girl.
Sophie Tucker 13 January 1884 9 February 1966 American Singer, known as "The Last of the Red Hot Mamas." [244]
Ben Turpin 19 September 1869 1 July 1940 American Comedian. [245]
Lurene Tuttle 29 August 1906 28 May 1986 American Actress.
Two Black Crows American Blackface comedy duo that starred Charles Mack (1888 - 1934) and others including John Swor, Bert Swor and George Moran (1881 - 1949). The duo name changed with each new partner, so Mack began using the name Moran & Mack (The Two Black Crows). [246] [247]
Myrtle Vail 7 January 1888 18 September 1978 American Tap dancer.
Rudolph Valentino 6 May 1895 23 August 1926 Italian Ballroom dancer with Bonnie Glass, former dance partner of Clifton Webb's. Later became a major "matinee idol" in silent films. [248]
Rudy Vallee 28 July 1901 3 July 1986 American Singer, actor and bandleader. [249]
Egbert Van Alstyne 4 March 1978 9 July 1951 American Pianist and songwriter. One of his most well-known songs is "In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree." [250]
Van and Schenck 12 August 1886 12 March 1968 American Comic and musical duo composed of Gus Van (12 August 1886 - 12 March 1968) and Joe Schenck (c. 1891 - 28 June 1930). [251]
Woody Van Dyke 21 March 1889 5 February 1943 American Child actor, later became renown for directing such films as Trader Horn, Tarzan the Ape Man and The Thin Man.
Frank Van Hoven 1887 December 1929 American Magician. [252]
Billy B. Van 3 August 1871 16 November 1950 American Comedian. [246]
Clarice Vance 14 March 1871 24 August 1961 American Singer. [253]
Gertrude Vanderbilt 1880 18 December 1960 American Singer and dancer. [254]
Vasco 1871 9 May 1925 British Magician. [255]
Dai Vernon 11 June 1894 1992 Canadian Magician known for his card tricks.
Jules Vernon 2 April 1867 17 May 1937 British Ventriloquist. [256]
Vesta Victoria 26 November 1873 7 April 1951 British Singer. [257]
Nedra Volz 18 June 1908 20 January 2003 American Actress who appeared as Baby Nedra.
Harry Von Tilzer 8 July 1872 10 January 1946 American Pianist and songwriter. Among some of his most well-known sonsg are "Wait 'til the Sun Shines Nellie" and "Bird in a Gilded Cage." [258]

[edit] W-X-Y-Z

Name Birth Death Nationality Performance Notes Reference
Ted Waldman 12 February 1899 1 February 1987 American Harmonica player. [259]
Fats Waller 21 May 1904 15 December 1943 American Pianist and songwriter. Waller toured in vaudeville as an accompanist beginning around 1919. Among his many songs are "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose." [260] [261]
Dorothy Walters 1877 17 April 1934 American Actress.
Henry B. Walthall 16 March 1878 17 June 1936 American Actor. [48]
Florence Walton 1890 7 January 1981 American Dancer. [262]
Fannie Ward 22 June 1872 27 January 1952 American Actress. [263]
Frederick Warde 23 February 1851 17 February 1935 British Shakespearean actor, monologist and actor in playlets. [264]
David Warfield 1866 1951 American Actor. [265]
Fred Waring 9 June 1900 29 July 1984 American Bandleader of the band Fred Waring and his Pennsylvanians [266]
George Dewey Washington 1 May 1898 American Singer. [267]
Ethel Waters 31 October 1896 1 September 1977 American Singer and actress. Waters made a very easy transition from vaude to nightclubs. Waters is credited with making the song, "Stormy Weather" popular. [268] [269] [270]
Donald "Monk" Watson American Actor.
Kitty & Fanny Watson American Comic sister act with Kitty (1886 - 3 March 1967) and Fanny Watson (1885 - 17 May 1970). [271]
Ned Wayburn 30 March 1874 2 September 1942 American Singer and dancer. [272]
Guy Weadick 1885 1953 American Wild West performer and, with his wife (Weadick and LaDue), creator of the "Stampede Act." [80]
Clifton Webb 19 November 1889 13 October 1966 American Actor and dancer partnered in the 1920s with Mary Hay. The Webb and Hay played the Palace in January of 1929. [273] [274]
Weber and Fields German-American Comic duo composed of Lew Fields (1 January 1867 - 20 July 1941) and Joe Weber (11 August 1867 - 10 May 1942). [275]
Ben Welch ? 2 September 1926 American Jewish comic. [276]
Niles Welch 29 July 1888 21 November 1976 American Actor.
Señor Wences 17 April 1896 20 April 1999 Spanish-American Ventriloquist, best known for his appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show. [277]
Mae West 17 August 1893 22 November 1980 American Actress and comedienne, known for breaking the mold with her taboo performances on both stage and screen. [278]
Roland West 20 February 1885 31 May 1952 American Actor.
Wheeler and Woolsey American Comic duo with Bert Wheeler (7 April 1895 - 18 January 1968) and Robert Woolsey (14 August 1888 - 31 October 1938). [279]
Albert Whelan 5 May 1875 19 February 1961 Australian Eccentric dancer. [280]
Dan White 25 March 1908 7 July 1980 American Actor.
George White 1890 10 October 1968 Canadian-American Dancer. [281] [282]
Sammy White 1894 1960 American Song and dance comedian. [283]
Thelma White 4 December 1910 11 January 2005 American Dancer with The White Sisters and later as a Ziegfeld girl.
Paul Whiteman 28 March 1890 29 December 1967 American Bandleader. [284]
Annabelle Whitford 1878 30 November 1961 American Modern dancer. [285]
Whiting and Burt American Song and dance duo consisting of George White (6 August 1884 - 18 December 1943) and Sadie Burt (? - 6 December 1966). [286]
Marshall P. Wilder 19 September 1859 10 January 1915 American Hunchbacked dwarf monologist. [287]
Jess Willard 29 December 1881 15 December 1968 Spanish-American Boxer and actor. [288]
Bert Williams 12 November 1874 4 March 1922 British West Indian Actor, pantomimist and singer. [289] [290]
Bransby Williams 1870 1961 British Actor, comedian and monologist. [291]
Clarence Williams 8 October 1898 6 November 1965 American Minstrel, singer and pianist. [292]
Herb Williams 1884 1 October 1936 American Comedian. [293]
Jay Williams 31 May 1914 12 July 1978 American Comedian.
Nat Wills 11 July 1873 9 December 1917 American "The Happy Tramp" monologist. [294]
Edith Wilson 1906 30 March 1981 American Blues singer. [295]
Francis Wilson 7 February 1854 7 October 1935 American Minstrel and comedian. [296]
Walter Winchell 7 April 1897 20 February 1972 American Actor and singer. [297]
Charles Winninger 26 May 1884 27 January 1969 American Trapeze artist and actor with his family's act, the Winninger Family Concert Co. [80]
Basil Wolverton 9 July 1909 31 December 1978 American Actor.
Daisy Wood 15 September 1877 19 October 1961 British Singer and sister to Marie Lloyd. [298]
Wee Georgie Wood 17 December 1895 19 February 1979 British Midget comedian who played children. [299]
Bessie Wynn 1876 8 July 1968 American "The Lady Dainty of Vaudeville" singer. [300]
Ed Wynn 9 November 1886 19 June 1966 American Comedian and actor. Known as "The Perfect Fool." [301][300]
Clara Kimball Young 6 September 1890 15 October 1960 American Actress who appeared in a sketch called "The Adorable Wife." Headlined at the Palace, April, 1925. [302]
Lester Young 27 August 1909 15 March 1959 American Clarinetist and saxophonist.
Margaret Young 1900 3 May 1969 American Singer.
Henny Youngman 16 March 1906 24 February 1998 British-American Comedian, bandleader and violinist. [303]
Joe Yule 30 April 1894 30 March 1950 Scottish Comedian and father to Mickey Rooney. [171]
George Zucco 11 January 1886 28 May 1960 British Character actor who toured with his wife, Frances in a satirical sketch about suffragettes.
Yetta Zwerling 25 December 1889 17 January 1982 Austrian Actress, performed primarily in Yiddish vaudeville and on the British Music Hall stage. Once she perfected her stage Yiddish, Zwerling worked in Yiddish theatre and in the 1930s in Yiddish film. [304]

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