George Jessel
George Jessel
His father was a playwright and stage producer. At age nine he began singing professionally; two years later he teamed up with Eddie Cantor in vaudeville. Over the next decade or so he established himself as a major entertainer and songwriter in nightclubs and on Broadway. Jessel appeared sporadically onscreen; his only moderately busy period as a film actor was 1926-30. In 1945 he began producing musical films for Fox. He was known for his charity work, traveling widely and giving lectures and performances to raise funds for various causes; for such activities, in 1969 he was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, a special Oscar. Jessel often entertained U.S. troops overseas. For a time he was married to actress Norma Talmadge. He authored two volumes of memoirs, So Help Me (1943) and This Way, Miss (1955). ~ All Movie Guide
Filmography of George Jessel:
- The Busybody with Sid Caesar , Robert Ryan , Anne Baxter , Kay Medford , Jan Murray , Richard Pryor , Charles McGraw , Ben Blue , Dom DeLuise , Bill Dana , Godfrey Cambridge
- Stage Door Canteen with Judith Anderson , Tallulah Bankhead , Ralph Bellamy , Edgar Bergen , Ray Bolger , Virginia Field , Helen Hayes , Katharine Hepburn , Hugh Herbert , Jean Hersholt , Sam Jaffe , Allen Jenkins , Otto Kruger , Gypsy Rose Lee , Aline MacMahon , Harpo Marx , Ethel Merman , Ralph Morgan , Alan Mowbray , Paul Muni , Merle Oberon , George Raft , Martha Scott , Ned Sparks , Ethel Waters , May Whitty , Ed Wynn , Elliott Nugent , Helen Broderick , Sunset Carson , Jane Darwell , William Demarest , Billy Gilbert , Roscoe Karns , June Lang , Charlie the Dummy McCarthy , Franklin Pangborn , Ruth Roman , Johnny Sr. Weissmuller , Lloyd Corrigan , Xavier Cugat , Peggy Lee
- Won Ton Ton, the Dog Who Saved Hollywood with Bruce Dern , Madeline Kahn , Art Carney , Phil Silvers , Ron Leibman , Teri Garr , Edward Ashley , Billy Barty , William Benedict , Edgar Bergen , Janet Blair , Joan Blondell , John Carradine , Jack Carter , Cyd Charisse , Jackie Coogan , Broderick Crawford , Yvonne DeCarlo , Gloria DeHaven , William Demarest , Andy Devine , Alice Faye , Fritz Feld , Stepin Fetchit , Rhonda Fleming , Eddie Jr. Foy , Shecky Greene , Huntz Hall , Dick Haymes , Sterling Holloway , Dorothy Lamour , Peter Lawford , Keye Luke , Guy Madison , Victor Mature , Virginia Mayo , Mike Mazurki , Ethel Merman , Ann Miller , Ricardo Montalban , Dennis Morgan , Patricia Morison , Louis Nye , Walter Pidgeon , Aldo Ray , Ann Rutherford , Dean Stockwell , Regis Toomey , Rudy Vallee , Doodles Weaver , Jesse White , Henny Youngman , Milton Berle , Rory Calhoun , Tab Hunter , Fernando Lamas , Ken Murray , Henry Wilcoxon
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