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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

88% Hallelujah, I'm a Bum
78% The Jazz Singer

Photos

BIG BOY, Al Jolson (center), 1930 THE JAZZ SINGER, Al Jolson, 1927 THE JAZZ SINGER, Al Jolson, 1927 MAMMY, Al Jolson, Lois Moran, 1930 ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE, Al Jolson, 1939. TM and Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE, Al Jolson, 1939, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE, Al Jolson, 1939, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright HALLELUJAH I'M A BUM, Al Jolson, Harry Langdon, 1933 MAMMY, Lowell Sherman, Al Jolson, 1930 HALLELUJAH I'M A BUM, Al Jolson, Harry Langdon, 1933 THE JAZZ SINGER, Al Jolson, 1927 THE JAZZ SINGER, 1927. New York premiere of first talking film, featuring Al Jolson THE JAZZ SINGER, Al Jolson, May McAvoy, 1927 THE JAZZ SINGER, Eugenie Besserer, Al Jolson, 1927 MAMMY, Al Jolson, Darryl F. Zanuck, Irving Berlin, Lowell Sherman, Michael Curtiz, 1930 MAMMY, Lois Moran, Al Jolson, 1930 SAY IT WITH SONGS, Al Jolson, (seated), 1929 ROSE OF WASHINGTON SQUARE, Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Al Jolson, 1939, TM & Copyright (c) 20th Century Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved. MAMMY, Al Jolson, 1930, rehearsing on stage in costume THE JAZZ SINGER, Eugenie Besserer, Warner Oland, Al Jolson, 1927
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Filmography

Movies

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