Eddie Cantor
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Eddie Cantor was an American entertainer whose career spanned from 1907 to 1962. Born on January 31, 1892, and deceased on October 10, 1964, he was a person of US nationality. His musical style is associated with swing, jazz, and Big Band genres, particularly from the 1920s. Cantor had five children and stood 172 units in height.
His recorded works include the "Eddie Cantor 4-film collection," "Caught Short!," "My Life Is In Your Hands," and "Ziegfeld." He is recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. Among his notable quotes are "Every blossom I see reminds me of you" and "It takes twenty years to make an overnight success."
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1892
- Died
- 1964
- Works
- 20
Top works
- Eddie Cantor 4-film collection
- Caught Short!
- My Life Is In Your Hands
- Ziegfeld
- Ziegfeld
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 48,898
- Total plays
- 193,472
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Eddie Cantor (January 31, 1892 - October 10, 1964) was an American comedian, singer, actor, songwriter. Known to Broadway, radio and early television audiences as Banjo Eyes, this "Apostle of Pep" was regarded almost as a family member by millions because his top-rated radio shows revealed intimate stories and amusing antics about his wife Ida and five children. Early life Cantor was born as Isidore Itzkowitz[1] in New York City, the son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Meta and Mechel Itzkowitz.
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Microstructural development in equiatomic multicomponent alloys
· 2004 · cited 9,672x
- The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project
· 2013 · cited 8,567x
- Evolution of Protein Molecules
· 1969 · cited 6,127x
- Numerical Calculation of Time-Dependent Viscous Incompressible Flow of Fluid with Free Surface
· 1965 · cited 4,641x
- Landscape of transcription in human cells
· 2012 · cited 4,575x
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Quotes
- “Every blossom I see reminds me of you”
- “It takes twenty years to make an overnight success.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Isidore Itzkowitz , ( 1892-01-31 ) January 31, 1892, New York City , U.S.
- Died
- October 10, 1964 (1964-10-10) (aged 72), Beverly Hills, California , U.S.
- Resting place
- Hillside Memorial Park Cemetery in Culver City, California
- Occupations
- Actor comedian dancer singer songwriter film producer screenwriter author
- Years active
- 1907–1962
- Spouse
- Ida Tobias ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1914 ; died 1962 )
- Preceded by
- Ralph Morgan
- Succeeded by
- Robert Montgomery
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Eddie
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Manhattan
- Place of death
- Beverly Hills
- Occupation
- comedian
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- romance film
- Instrument
- voice
- Official website
- www.eddiecantor.com
- Image
- Eddie Cantor 1945.JPG
- Height
- 172
- Number of children
- 5
- Work location
- United States
Show 14 more facts
- Commons category
- Eddie Cantor
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- date of birth
- 1892-01-31
- date of death
- 1964-10-10
- manner of death
- natural causes
- place of burial
- Hillside Memorial Park
- name in native language
- Eddie Cantor
- writing language
- English language
- start of work period
- 1907-00-00
- birth name
- Isidore Itzkowitz
- Commons Creator page
- Eddie Cantor
- end of work period
- 1962-00-00
- has works in the collection
- Anne Frank House
- online catalog URL
- gnudb.org/artists/769140-eddie-cantor
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Encyclopedic overview
Edward "Eddie" Cantor (born Isidore Itzkowitz; January 31, 1892 – October 10, 1964) was an American comedian, actor, dancer, singer, songwriter, film producer, screenwriter and author. Cantor was one of the prominent entertainers of his era.
Some of his hits include "Makin' Whoopee", "Ida (Sweet as Apple Cider)", "If You Knew Susie", "Ma! He's Making Eyes at Me", "Mandy", "My Baby Just Cares for Me", "Margie", and "How Ya Gonna Keep 'em Down on the Farm (After They've Seen Paree)?" He also wrote a few songs, including "Merrily We Roll Along", the Merrie Melodies Warner Bros. cartoon theme.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Eddie Cantor” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.