Entertainers

Sarah Vaughan

United States jazz singer noted for her complex bebop phrasing and scat singing (1924-1990)

 

Dame Myra Hess

English pianist (1890-1965)

 

John Lennon

English rock star and guitarist and songwriter who with Paul McCartney wrote most of the music for the Beatles (1940-1980)

 

Agnes George de Mille

United States dancer and choreographer who introduced formal dance to a wide audience (1905-1993)

 

Joseph Joachim

Hungarian violinist and composer (1831-1907)

 

geek

a carnival performer who does disgusting acts

 

Jessica Tandy

United States actress (born in England) who made many stage appearances, often with her husband Hume Cronyn (1909-1994)

 

Anna Pavlova

Russian ballerina (1882-1931)

 

carillonneur

a musician who plays a carillon

 

countertenor

a male singer with a voice above that of a tenor

 

comedienne

a female comedian

 

Joseph Francis Keaton

United States comedian and actor in silent films noted for his acrobatic skills and deadpan face (1895-1966)

 

James Cagney

United States film actor known for his portrayals of tough characters (1899-1986)

 

Helen Hayes

acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993)

 

performer

an entertainer who performs a dramatic or musical work for an audience

 

Mary Leontyne Price

United States operatic soprano (born 1927)

 

matinee idol

someone who is adored blindly and excessively

 

Tammy Wynetter Pugh

United States country singer (1942-1998)

 

jongleur

a singer of folk songs

 

cowboy

a performer who gives exhibitions of riding and roping and bulldogging