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The Three Stooges
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Actor Born: 1895 Death: 1974 Biography:The dictionary definition of "stooge" is "foil for a comedian or the butt of his jokes." When the American comedy team known as "The Three Stooges" came together in 1925, they were doing stooging for stage and vaudeville comedian "Ted Healy". The team consisted of Healy's lifelong friend "Moe Howard", who'd unsuccessfully pursued a dramatic acting career in his youth; Moe's brother Shemp, who'd previously teamed with his sibling in a fifth-rate blackface act; and "Larry Fine", fresh from a vaudeville turn in which he played the violin while doing a Russian dance. Healy preferred his stooges short, stupid-looking and adorned with bizarre hairstyles -- Moe, Shemp and "Larry" fit the first two qualifications naturally, meeting the third requirement by having Moe wear a "Beatles"-style trim, Shemp an unkempt mop of hair split down the middle, and "Larry" a frizzy Einstein-like hairdo. "Ted Healy"... Full Biography
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