CANTOR, EDDIE


Meaning of CANTOR, EDDIE in English

orig. Edward Israel Iskowitz

born Jan. 31, 1892, New York, N.Y., U.S.

died Oct. 10, 1964, Hollywood, Los Angeles, Calif.

U.S. comedian and singer.

As a child, Cantor clowned and sang for coins on street corners in his native New York City. He dropped out of elementary school, could not keep a job because of his irrepressible clowning, and soon went into vaudeville as a blackface song-and-dance man. He toured with Florenz Ziegfeld 's Follies and the Shuberts. He appeared in several Broadway reviews, and from 1923 to 1926 he was a star in Kid Boots . From 1931 Cantor performed for 18 years on The Chase and Sanborn Hour as a standup comedian. His films include Roman Scandals (1933) and Strike Me Pink (1936). In the 1950s he hosted a television show.

Britannica English dictionary.      Английский словарь Британика.