biography
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Cantor, Eddie
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originally Edward Israel Iskowitz
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| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1892–1964)
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| biography:
| Entertainer, born in New York City, New York, USA. A rolling-eyed actor with a high-pitched singing voice, who often performed in black-face, he appeared in Kid Cabaret (1912) with George Jessel. He worked for Florenz Ziegfeld (1916–28), where he sang his best-known songs, including ‘Making Whoopee’. A radio host and film actor in the 1930s, he helped found actors' unions and to promote the National Foundation–March of Dimes. |
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