Entertainers

Albert Schweitzer
French philosopher and physician and organist who spent most of his life as a medical missionary in Gabon (1875-1965)
 
crooner
a singer of popular ballads
 
rapper
someone who performs rap music
 
Marc Blitzstein
United States pianist and composer of operas and musical plays (1905-1964)
 
operatic star
singer of lead role in an opera
 
Emmett Kelly
United States circus clown (1898-1979)
 
Jerry Lee Lewis
United States rock star singer and pianist (born in 1935)
 
Cary Grant
United States actor (born in England) who was the elegant leading man in many films (1904-1986)
 
William Clark Gable
United States film actor (1901-1960)
 
Pinchas Zukerman
Israeli violinist (born in 1948)
 
Robert Nesta Marley
Jamaican singer who popularized reggae (1945-1981)
 
tragedian
an actor who specializes in tragic roles
 
Peter Sellers
English comic actor (1925-1980)
 
Natalie Wood
United States film actress (1938-1981)
 
character actor
an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles
 
comedienne
a female actor in a comedy
 
emcee
a person who acts as host at formal occasions (makes an introductory speech and introduces other speakers)
 
Julius Marx
United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1890-1977)
 
Renata Tebaldi
Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922)
 
Jonathan Swift
an English satirist born in Ireland (1667-1745)
 
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