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Davis was born in 1925 in Harlem, the child of a chorus girl and a hardened vaudeville hoofer; that would be Sammy Davis Sr. Sr. took Jr. along on tour, and one afternoon little Sammy wandered onstage during a gig. Disaster loomed--but the audience laughed. A star was born. Davis...
...DIED. BUDDY EBSEN, 95, Hollywood hoofer who became the world's best-known yokel by playing the role of accidental oil tycoon Jed Clampett in the 1960s television series The Beverly Hillbillies; in Los Angeles. Ebsen started out as a lanky song-and-dance man, and partnered with Shirley Temple in the 1936 film Captain January. He almost played the Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz, but left the film because he was allergic to the aluminum makeup used for the role. Ebsen later starred as a geriatric private investigator in TV's Barnaby Jones...
...Late coming to dance, Kelly was late coming to Broadway: 25 when he came to New York. He made his Broadway debut in the chorus of "Leave Her to Me," then played Harry the Hoofer in William Saroyan?s "The Time of Your Life" - "the first time," Kelly recalled in 1976, "I realized you could make a characterization out of dancing." While creating dances for "Billy Rose?s Diamond Horseshoe," he met a chorine named Betsy Blair; they married in 1940 (divorcing in 1977). He reached Broadway stardom as the title heel in "Pal Joey" and, at the same time...
Gwen Verdon 75 Broadway hoofer high-kicked her way to four Tonys...
...hopeful that Austria will find a way through this. I am so saddened that with all the progress we've made working for an open and tolerant society, one man's statements can taint world opinion of an entire country." More punishment for the embattled nation: so far, Irish hoofer Michael Flatley has no plans to cancel his upcoming tour...