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A Short Biography of Eddie Cantor

Author Name:

Eddie Cantor

Born As:

Israel Iskowitz

Other Names:

Eddie Cantor

Born:

31 Jan 1892

Died:

10 Oct 1964




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Comedian, singer, actor and songwriter                          
Selected Works:

Widow at the Races - 1913
A Few Moments with Eddie Cantor - 1923 - DeForest Phonofilm short with sound
Kid Boots - 1926
Special Delivery - 1927
A Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic - 1929 - short
Glorifying the American Girl - 1929
That Party in Person - 1928 - short
Insurance - 1930 - short
Getting a Ticket - 1930 - short
Whoopee! - 1930
Palmy Days - 1931
Talking Screen Snapshots - 1932 - short
The Kid from Spain - 1932
Roman Scandals - 1933
The Hollywood Gad-About - 1934 - short
Kid Millions - 1934
Strike Me Pink - 1936
Ali Baba Goes to Town - 1937
The March of Time Volume IV, Issue 5 - 1937 - short
Forty Little Mothers - 1940
Thank Your Lucky Stars - 1943
Show Business - 1944 - also producer
Hollywood Canteen - 1944
Screen Snapshots: Radio Shows - 1945 - short
American Creed - 1946 - short
Meet Mr. Mischief - 1947 - short - appears on poster
If You Knew Susie - 1948
Screen Snapshots: Hollywood's Happy Homes - 1949 - short
The Story of Will Rogers - 1952
Screen Snapshots: Memorial to Al Jolson - 1952 - short
The Eddie Cantor Story - 1953 - cameo

Broadway:

Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 - 1917 - revue - performer
Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 - 1918 - revue - performer, co-composer and co-lyricist for "Broadway's Not a Bad Place After All" with Harry Ruby
Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 - 1919 - revue - performer, lyricist for "- Oh! She's the Last Rose of Summer"
Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 - 1920 - revue - composer for "Green River", composer and lyricist for "Every Blossom I See Reminds Me of You" and "I Found a Baby on My Door Step"
The Midnight Rounders of 1920 - 1920 - revue - performer
Broadway Brevities of 1920 - 1920 - revue - performer
Make It Snappy - 1922 - revue - performer, co-bookwriter
Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 - 1923 - revue - sketch-writer
Kid Boots - 1923 - musical - actor in the role of "Kid Boots" - the caddie master
Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 - 1927 - revue - performer, co-bookwriter
Whoopee! - 1928 - musical - actor in the role of "Henry Williams"
Eddie Cantor at the Palace - 1931 - solo performance
Banjo Eyes - 1941 - musical - actor in the role of "Erwin Trowbridge"
Nellie Bly - 1946 - musical - co-producer

Radio:

The Chase and Sanborn Hour with Eddie Cantor - excerpts
Free OTR: The Eddie Cantor Show - 30 1936-52 episodes
OTR Network Library: The Eddie Cantor Show - 11 1936-52 episodes.                          
Mother Meta
Father Mechel Iskowitz
Wife Ida, five daughters Marilyn, Marjorie, Natalie, Edna and Janet.                          
                          
Eddie’s mother died  two years after his birth, and was abandoned by his father, left to be raised by his grandmother, Esther Kantrowitz. A misunderstanding when signing her grandson for school gave him her last name of Kantrowitz, later Americanized to "Cantor"  instead of Iskowitz.