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Biography:
Born February 14, 1894 - Though born in a Chicago hospital, entertainer Jack Benny was a Waukegan boy through and through. The son of a Polish immigrant haberdasher, Benny studied the violin from an early age (he really could play, though he was certainly no virtuoso), and managed to find work in local theatre orchestras. As a teenager, Benny gave vaudeville a try with a m... Continue Bio >>

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Filmography:
1992 Red Skelton: A Career of Laughter
1991 Red Skelton: A Comedy Scrapbook
1990 Best of 50's Comedy
1989 Entertaining the Troops: American Entertainers in World War II
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