Comedian / saxophonist / composer / actor born in Yonkers, New York. Comedian in some films, but remembered best for television where he was a major star. Closely associated with Imogene Coca.

Legendary actor probably best remembered today for his gangster roles, but he also played a number of song and dance parts in films such as Yankee Doodle Dandy and some comedy roles as in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Very versatile and gifted actor. One of the all-time greats!

Given name: Carl Vogt. Actor / comedian in lead and second lead roles. Also did some light singing and dancing in a few films.

Given name: Cabell Calloway. Legendary jazz musician, vocalist, composer, orchestra leader. Extremely animated and energetic, and often seen in the golden era films in a Zoot Suit. Great vocalist! Are you hep to the jive?

Gifted Mexican actor / comedian in films from 1936 - 1981. Very popular in Mexico but didn't fare so well in Hollywood, where he made only two movies.

Given name: Edward Israel Itskowitz. Legendary singer / actor / comedian of vaudeville, stage, screen and radio. His life story is dramatized in the biopic The Eddie Cantor Story, 1953.

Given name: Catherine Conn. Singer / actress probably best remembered today as a long-time panelist on TV's "I've Got a Secret" and "To Tell the Truth."

Amiable American leading man, generally in light comedies of the 1940s, and generally in science fiction films of the 1950s.

Legendary singer / composer / musician. Wrote many wonderful tunes still popular today, including "Georgia on My Mind," "The Nearness of You," "In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening," etc.

French-born and educated actress / dancer. Recruited in Paris by Gene Kelly for his leading lady in An American in Paris, 1951, and remained in Hollywood for about 25 years before returning to France, where she continued working as an actress. Miss Caron was a superb dancer - both classical and modern, and proved to be a fine actress in musical comedy, comedy and drama.

Actor / composer / author. Shown here with Debbie Reynolds in a still from Two Weeks with Love, 1950). They were really cute together, and had a big hit with their film rendition and recording of "Aba Daba Honeymoon."

Stock dancer / actress at MGM. Shown here with Tommy Rall in a publicity still for Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, 1954.

Spanish Californian character actor. Often played bandits in Westerns, and played comedy as well. Probably best remembered as Pancho on the television series "The Cisco Kid" (1951 - 1955).

Model / actress / big-band singer. Shown here with husband Kay Kyser, 1946.

Given name: Joan Felt. Born in New Jersey. Popular child actress of the 1940s.

Given name: Julian La Faye. Actor / opera singer born in New Orleans.

Given name: Ann La Hiff. Actress.

Prolific and enduring actress of stage, screen and (mostly) television. She played one of the Step-sisters in Rodgers' and Hammerstein's television production of "Cinderella," (1964) and provided the voice of Ursula the Sea Witch in The Little Mermaid (1989).

Actor / singer / dancer / comedian. Burly American leading man, generally in musicals and light comedies. He's great fun!

Given name: Bennett Lester Carter; born in New York City, N.Y. Actor, comedian, singer. Has the distinction of being the one to start off the massive "On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe" production number in The Harvey Girls, 1946. In at least one film, he was credited alongside the Ben Carter Singers.

Born in New York, NY. Alto sax player, trumpet player, composer, arranger, orchestra leader... one of the Jazz greats who has certainly left his mark.

Actress in films and on television. Immortalized as Linda Williams in "The Danny Thomas Show" and as Brigitta in The Sound of Music.

Given name: Virginia Reid Sampson. Really sweet actress in support roles.

Operatic singer

Actor, usually in support roles.

Born in San Francisco, California. Actor / comedian in vaudeville and on screen. Very funny man. Enjoyed poking fun at various accents in his dialogue. Typical exchange with another actor: "I'd like to have some erster soup." "You mean 'oyster'?" "That's what I said, isn't it??"

Dubbed "The poet of the piano," Cavallaro was a skilled pianist, adept at both classical and pop. He would often play in the style of Eddy Duchin at high society brawls.

American character actor, often playing a nervous clerk or public official (and we all know why they are nervous).

Actor / dancer / singer/ choreographer/ producer/ director. Married to Marge Champion (see below) for many years; they were probably the most popular dance team of the movies during the early 1950s.

Dancer / singer / actress. Daughter of Hollywood dance teacher Ernest Belcher. Model for Disney's Snow White and the Blue Fairy in Pinocchio. Married to Gower Champion (see above) for many years. Together, they were the most popular movie dance team of the early 1950s.

Given name: Tula Ellice Finklea. Dancer / actress; born in Amarillo, Texas. One of the best and most popular dancers of the Golden Age.

Born in Paris. Cabaret singer and screen actor in France before coming to the U.S. in the late 1920s. Thereafter he was in films made in the U.S. and France for the remainder of his career. With a thick French accent, an obsession for romance and a wry sense of humor, there will never be anyone like him!