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Word: vaudevillean (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Frank Morgan (real name: Francis Philip Wuppermannf), 59, veteran cinemactor; of cerebral thrombosis; in Los Angeles. A onetime vaudevillean and Broadway star (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1926; Topaze, 1930), Morgan was equally adept at straight character roles (the pirate in Tortilla Flat, the coach in The Stratton Story) or at his specialty: the ineffectual, fatuous old party who was alternately a garrulous liar and a gabby lecher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Sep. 26, 1949 | 9/26/1949 | See Source »

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