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      Al Jolson

      Al Jolson

      Highest Rated: 88% Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)

      Lowest Rated: 78% The Jazz Singer (1927)

      Birthday: May 26, 1886

      Birthplace: Srednik, Russian Empire

      Celebrated song-and-dance man who was a major Broadway attraction before gaining worldwide fame as the star of the so-called "first" talking picture, "The Jazz Singer" (1927). Known as both "The World's Greatest Entertainer" and the biggest egomaniac in show business, Jolson got his start as a blackface singer in vaudeville around 1906. By the 1910s, he was starring in both book and variety shows on Broadway, including "The Honeymoon Express" (1913), "Robinson Crusoe Jr." (1916), "Sinbad" (1918) and "Bombo" (1921). His hammy, exuberant singing style and his obvious love of entertaining made him a huge star of both stage and recordings.

      Highest rated movies

      Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
      The Jazz Singer

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      THE SINGING FOOL, Betty Bronson, Al Jolson, 1928 SWANEE RIVER, Al Jolson, 1939, TM and copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved GO INTO YOUR DANCE, Al Jolson, Ruby Keeler, 1935 GO INTO YOUR DANCE, Al Jolson, 1935 MAMMY, Al Jolson, Lois Moran, 1930 ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE, Al Jolson, 1939, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright BIG BOY, Al Jolson (center), 1930 ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE, Al Jolson, 1939, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright THE JAZZ SINGER, Al Jolson, 1927 ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE, Al Jolson, 1939. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. THE JAZZ SINGER, Al Jolson, 1927 THE JAZZ SINGER, Al Jolson, 1927 THE JAZZ SINGER, Al Jolson, 1927 THE JAZZ SINGER, Al Jolson on billboard outside the Warners Theatre in New York during the film's premiere run, 1927 THE SINGING FOOL, Al Jolson, Davey Lee, 1928 WONDER BAR, Al Jolson, Dolores del Rio, 1934 THE JAZZ SINGER, Al Jolson, 1927 HALLELUJAH I'M A BUM, Al Jolson, Harry Langdon, 1933 THE SINGING FOOL, Al Jolson, Davey Lee, 1928 MAMMY, Lowell Sherman, Al Jolson, 1930
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      Filmography

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      Credit
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Busby Berkeley - The Busby Berkeley Disc Unknown (Character) - 1970
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Swanee River Edwin P. Christy (Character) - 1939
      No Score Yet 56% Rose of Washington Square Ted Cotter (Character) - 1939
      No Score Yet No Score Yet The Singing Kid Al Jackson (Character) - 1936
      No Score Yet 0% Go Into Your Dance Al Howard (Character) - 1935
      No Score Yet 46% Wonder Bar Al Wonder (Character) - 1934
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Studio Highlights Self - 1934
      88% 67% Hallelujah, I'm a Bum Bumper (Character) - 1933
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Mammy Al Fuller (Character) - 1930
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Big Boy Gus (Character) - 1930
      No Score Yet No Score Yet Say It With Songs Joe Lane (Character) - 1929
      No Score Yet 43% The Singing Fool Al Stone (Character) - 1928
      78% 56% The Jazz Singer Unknown (Character) - 1927