Burl Ives 7 pictures

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Burl Ives was one of six children born to a Scottish-Irish farming family. He first sang in public for a soldiers' reunion when he was age 4. In high school, he learned the banjo and played fullback, intending to become a football coach when he enrolled at Eastern Illinois State Teacher's College in 1927. He dropped out in 1930 and wandered, ...

Born: June 14, 1909
Star sign: Gemini
Height: 6' 1" (1.85 m)
Known for: Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), East of Eden (1955), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)
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