Entertainers

character actor
an actor who specializes in playing supporting roles
 
Ethel Merman
United States singer who appeared in several musical comedies (1909-1984)
 
Decimus Junius Juvenalis
Roman satirist who denounced the vice and folly of Roman society during the reign of the emperor Domitian (60-140)
 
Clara Josephine Schumann
German pianist and composer of piano music; renowned for her interpretation of music, especially the music of her husband Robert Schumann (1819-1896)
 
Pearl Mae Bailey
United States singer (1918-1990)
 
Thomas J. Hanks
United States film actor (born in 1956)
 
Charles Robert Redford
United States actor and filmmaker who starred with Paul Newman in several films (born in 1936)
 
Emmett Kelly
United States circus clown (1898-1979)
 
Marta Brigit Nilsson
Swedish operatic soprano who played Wagnerian roles (born in 1918)
 
Roy Orbison
United States composer and rockabilly tenor popular in the 1950s (1936-1988)
 
Allen Stewart Konigsberg
United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-)
 
draw
an entertainer who attracts large audiences
 
Paul Simon
United States singer and songwriter (born in 1942)
 
Franz Liszt
Hungarian composer and piano virtuoso (1811-1886)
 
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)
 
Baron Olivier of Birghton
English actor best know for his Shakespearean roles (1907-1989)
 
balladeer
a singer of popular ballads
 
guitarist
a musician who plays the guitar
 
Ethel Waters
United States actress and singer (1896-1977)
 
William Henry Pratt
United States film actor (born in England) noted for his performances in horror films (1887-1969)
 
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