fiction.wikisort.org - Actor

Search / Calendar

Eddie Leonard (October 17, 1870 July 29, 1941), born Lemuel Golden Toney, was a vaudevillian and a man considered the greatest American minstrel of his day, at a time when minstrel shows were an acceptable and popular mainstream entertainment in the United States.[1] He was called "last of the great minstrels" in his 1941 obituary in Time.[2] He performed in vaudeville for 45 years before that medium faded in the 1920s, and was known for such songs as "Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider" and "Roly Boly Eyes". He published his memoir titled What a Life I'm Telling You in 1934.

Eddie Leonard
Born
Lemuel Golden Toney

(1870-10-17)October 17, 1870
DiedJuly 29, 1941(1941-07-29) (aged 70)
New York City
OccupationStage actor

Partial filmography



References


  1. Watkins, Mel (1994). On the Real Side: Laughing, Lying, and Signifying—The Underground Tradition of African-American Humor that Transformed American Culture, from Slavery to Richard Pryor. New York: Simon & Schuster. p. 133.
  2. "Minstrel's End". Time. August 11, 1941. Retrieved 21 June 2020.






Текст в блоке "Читать" взят с сайта "Википедия" и доступен по лицензии Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike; в отдельных случаях могут действовать дополнительные условия.

Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.

2019-2025
WikiSort.org - проект по пересортировке и дополнению контента Википедии