Entertainers

crooner

a singer of popular ballads

 

ridiculer

a humorist who uses ridicule and irony and sarcasm

 

Loretta Young

United States film and television actress (1913-2000)

 

Henriette Rosine Bernard

French actress (1844-1923)

 

James Neville Mason

English film actor (1909-1984)

 

jazz musician

a musician who plays or composes jazz music

 

castrato

a male singer who was castrated before puberty and retains a soprano or alto voice

 

Gertrude Lawrence

English actress (1898-1952)

 

Maria Magdalene von Losch

United States film actress (born in Germany) who made many films with Josef von Sternberg and later was a successful cabaret star (1901-1992)

 

Placido Domingo

Spanish operatic tenor noted for performances in operas by Verdi and Puccini (born in 1941)

 

Mary Leontyne Price

United States operatic soprano (born 1927)

 

trombonist

a musician who plays the trombone

 

James Maitland Stewart

United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)

 

harpsichordist

someone who plays the harpsichord

 

Harley Granville-Barker

English actor and dramatist and critic and director noted for his productions of Shakespearean plays (1877-1946)

 

James Marshall Hendrix

United States guitarist whose innovative style with electric guitars influenced the development of rock music (1942-1970)

 

Antonio Lucio Vivaldi

Italian baroque composer and violinist (1675-1741)

 

Agnes George de Mille

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

 

Wanda Landowska

United States harpsichordist (born in Poland) who helped to revive modern interest in the harpsichord (1879-1959)

 

Artur Schnabel

United States composer (born in Austria) and pianist noted for his interpretations of the works of Mozart and Beethoven and Schubert (1882-1951)