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Eddie Anderson (September 18, 1905 - February 28, 1977) was an African-American comic actor and star of movies, television and especially old-time radio, where he played the butler Rochester van Jones (usually known simply as Rochester) to Jack Benny's eponymous title character on The Jack Benny Show. Anderson was not Benny's butler in real life, as many listeners of the time thought. Anderson was also well-known for his role in the groundbreaking musical film, Cabin in the Sky. September 18 is the 261st day of the year (262nd in leap years). ...
1905 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ...
February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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African Americans, also known as Afro-Americans or Black Americans, are an ethnic group in the United States of America whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Sub-Saharan Africa. ...
For other uses see film (disambiguation) Film refers to the celluliod media on which movies are printed Film — also called movies, the cinema, the silver screen, moving pictures, photoplays, picture shows, flicks, or motion pictures, — is a field that encompasses motion pictures as an art form or as part of...
An American family watching television in the 1950s. ...
Old-Time Radio (OTR) or The Golden Age of Radio is a term used to refer to radio programs that were broadcast during the 1920s through the late 1950s (with some outlying programs produced earlier and later) in the United States, as well as the United Kingdom and Canada and...
Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky, February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was a comedian, vaudeville performer, film actor, and one of the most prominent early stars of American radio and television. ...
Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky, February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was a comedian, vaudeville performer, film actor, and one of the most prominent early stars of American radio and television. ...
Cabin in the Sky is an American musical motion picture produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and first released in 1943. ...
At a young age, Anderson permanantly damaged his vocal cords, leading to his trademark "raspy" voice.
Benny's call of "Rochester," and Anderson's answers (often a raspy "Yes, Boss," but just as often a snappy joke at Benny's expense) were among the weekly highlights of the show. Benny once asked the character Rochester why he was named Rochester, to which Rochester replied: "I don't know, boss, I was born in Syracuse." Clinton Square in Downtown Syracuse Syracuse is a city located in Onondaga County, New York, USA. As of the 2000 U.S. Census, the city had a total population of 147,306, and its metropolitan area had a population of 732,117. ...
Because of the popularity of the Rochester character, some newspapers reportedly listed the show as The Eddie Anderson Show.
Anderson was as responsible as was Benny for the show's tremendous success across so many segments of American society, and the relationship between Anderson and Benny became more complex and intimate as the years went by.
Anderson's portrayal of a servant was a common role for African-American leads in that era, such as Ethel Waters in Beulah. In the meantime, Amos and Andy depicted African-Americans in more typical working class and professional roles. Categories: Music stubs | 1896 births | 1977 deaths | African Americans | Female singers | Gospel singers | Jazz singers ...
Beulah was a popular radio show of the 1940s that later became the first television sitcom to star an African American. ...
Amos & Andy (also rendered as Amos n Andy) was a United States from the 1920s through the 1950s. ...
Anderson appeared in over 60 films including as one of the taxi drivers in "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World." Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World is a comedy movie that followed the Hollywood trend in the 1960s of producing gigantic and epic films as a way to woo audiences into movie theaters. ...
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