Caption: Carmen Miranda, Betty Grable, Alice Faye, Kay Francis, George Jessel, Carole Landis, Mitzi Mayfair and Martha Raye in Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
Actor, Soundtrack, Producer
Born: April 3, 1898
Star sign: Aries
Source: IMDB
George Jessel gained fame in vaudeville, where it was not uncommon for him--and other performers, such as Al Jolson, Eddie Cantor--to perform in blackface, and in fact at age 11 Jessel was Cantor's vaudeville partner. Jessel acted in several movies in the '30s and became a respected film producer. He was also a prolific songwriter, and was noted ...