Entertainers

Ethel Merman
United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984)
 
Twyla Tharp
innovative United States dancer and choreographer (born in 1941)
 
Leonard Marx
United States comedian; one of four brothers who made motion pictures together (1891-1961)
 
Andre Eglevsky
United States ballet dancer (born in Russia) (1917-1977)
 
Harry Houdini
United States magician (born in Hungary) famous for his ability to escape from chains or handcuffs or straitjackets or padlocked containers (1874-1926)
 
Renata Tebaldi
Italian operatic soprano (born in 1922)
 
co-star
one of two actors who are given equal status as stars in a play or film
 
Loretta Young
United States film and television actress (1913-2000)
 
Baron Olivier of Birghton
English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989)
 
idol
someone who is adored blindly and excessively
 
Peter Seamus O'Toole
British actor (born in Ireland in 1932)
 
ham actor
an unskilled actor who overacts
 
bombshell
an entertainer who has a sensational effect
 
upstager
a selfish actor who upstages the other actors
 
Helen Hayes
acclaimed actress of stage and screen (1900-1993)
 
pleaser
a pleasing entertainer
 
tap dancer
a dancer who sounds out rhythms by using metal taps on the toes and heels of the shoes
 
David Garrick
English actor and theater manager who was the foremost Shakespearean actor of his day (1717-1779)
 
Thelonious Sphere Monk
United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)
 
James Maitland Stewart
United States film actor who portrayed incorruptible but modest heros (1908-1997)
 
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