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Ray Bolger
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Actor Born: January 10, 1904 in Dorchester, MA Death: January 15, 1987 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:The son of a house painter, American actor/dancer "Ray Bolger" grew up in a middle-class Boston neighborhood called Dorchester. Bolger knew what he wanted to do in life the moment he saw Broadway entertainer Fred Stone literally bounce on stage in a Boston production of Jack O'Lantern. "That moment opened up a whole new world for me" Bolger would remember; after a relatively aimless childhood, he determined to become a performer himself. Starting out in vaudeville as a dancer, Bolger developed a loose-limbed ad lib style that would win him starring spots in such 1930s Broadway musicals as Life Begins at 8:40 and On Your Toes; in the latter, Bolger introduced "Richard Rodgers"' "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue". Signed by MGM in 1936 for a featured solo in "The Great Ziegfeld", Bolger was given a $3,000 per week contract and was expected to take whatever part was assigned him. But Bolger balked when he was... Full Biography
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