Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964

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Cantor, Eddie, 1892-1964

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Iskowitz, Edward Israel, 1892-1964

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Itzkowitz, Isidore, 1892-1964

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Eddie Cantor was born Edward Israel Iskowitz on January 31, 1892 in New York City. He was orphaned at age of two and raised by his grandmother. Cantor was a vaudeville performer and singing waiter and appeared in Gus Edwards' Kid Kabaret, in Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolics in 1916 and star in successive Ziegfeld Follies, 1917-1919. He starred in two silent films, Kid Boots (1926) and Special Delivery (1927); had own radio show through the 1930s, and was the highest paid radio star by 1936. After a heart attack in 1952, Cantor semi-retired; he was given Academy Award in 1956 for distinguished service to film industry. He was married to Ida Tobias for 48 years and had 5 daughters; died on October 10, 1964 in Hollywood, California.

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