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Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964
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Eddie Cantor was born Edward Israel Iskowitz on January 31, 1892 in New York City. He was orphaned at age of two and raised by his grandmother. Cantor was a vaudeville performer and singing waiter and appeared in Gus Edwards' Kid Kabaret, in Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolics in 1916 and star in successive Ziegfeld Follies, 1917-1919. He starred in two silent films, Kid Boots (1926) and Special Delivery (1927); had own radio show through the 1930s, and was the highest paid radio star by 1936. After a heart attack in 1952, Cantor semi-retired; he was given Academy Award in 1956 for distinguished service to film industry. He was married to Ida Tobias for 48 years and had 5 daughters; died on October 10, 1964 in Hollywood, California.
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| Role | Title | Holding Repository | |
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| referencedIn | "March of Time" Motion Picture Newsreel Releases, 1935–1953 | National Archives at College Park | |
| creatorOf | 1907-1983. Papers. Series I. Correspondence | Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center | |
| referencedIn | Abe Burrows collection of sound recordings [sound recording] | The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound. | |
| referencedIn | Alben W. Barkley papers | University of Kentucky Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Alex Gard caricatures, ca. 1926-1948 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| referencedIn | Alex Gerber papers | Univerisity of Wyoming. American Heritage Center. | |
| referencedIn | Alexander Woollcott correspondence, ca. 1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Alfred Bendiner caricatures and related papers, 1929-1992 | The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division. | |
| referencedIn | American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) National Office Records, Bulk, 1952-1985, 1930-1990, bulk 1952-1985 | Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives | |
| referencedIn | American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940) | University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections |
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| associatedWith | Albert Einstein College of Medicine. |
| associatedWith | American Federation of Television and Radio Artists. |
| associatedWith | American Museum of Vaudeville |
| associatedWith | Atteridge, Harold Richard, 1886-1938. |
| associatedWith | Aylesworth, Barton O. (Barton Orville), 1860-1933 |
| associatedWith | Babb, James Elisha, 1864-1934. |
| associatedWith | Baral, Robert |
| associatedWith | Barkley, Alben William, 1877-1956. |
| associatedWith | Barstow, Richard |
| associatedWith | Barstow, Richard. |
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Birth 1892-01-31
Death 1964-10-11
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Iskowitz, Edward Israel, 1892-1964
Itzkowitz, Isidore, 1892-1964
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