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Jack Benny
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Actor Born: February 14, 1894 in Chicago, IL Death: December 26, 1974 in Beverly Hills, CA Biography:Though born in a Chicago hospital, entertainer "Jack Benny" was a Waukegan boy through and through. The son of a Polish immigrant haberdasher, Benny studied the violin from an early age (he really could play, though he was certainly no virtuoso), and managed to find work in local theatre orchestras. As a teenager, Benny gave vaudeville a try with a musical act in partnership with pianist Cora Salisbury, but this first fling at show business was only fitfully successful. During World War I, Benny was assigned to the Great Lakes Naval Training Center, where, while appearing in camp shows, he first began telling jokes in between violin selections. Benny returned to vaudeville with a comedy act, slowly building himself up into a headliner. He made his first radio appearance on "Ed Sullivan"'s interview show on March 29, 1932; within a year he had his own show, which would evolve over the next two decades... Full Biography
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