Born on Oct. 27, 1920, Fabray was a child singer in vaudeville, billed as Baby Nanette, and performed with silent movie comedian Ben Turpin. She debuted as an adult actress in a secondary role in director Michael Curtizs lavish film The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939) starring Bette
Date: Feb 24, 2018
Category: Entertainment
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Nanette Fabray, Singer, Dancer and Comedienne, Dies at 97
Her mother wanted her to pursue show business, so she learned to tap dance. As a 3-year-old, she played Miss New Year's Eve 1923 in a burlesque house and toured as Baby Nan in a comedy troupe led by silent star Ben Turpin, who taught her his specialty how to cross your eyes.
However, insuring body parts isnt a recent phenomenon. Betty Grables legs were insured by her studio for $1 million in 1945, nearly $12 million in todays terms. Silent film actor Ben Turpin also had his cross-eyes insured in the early 1900s.
Madison insured her ladies at Lloyd's of London, which is famous for insuring celebrity body parts, a trend that can be traced back to the 1920s when cross-eyed vaudeville star Ben Turpin could have collected $20,000 if his eyes miraculously went straight.
The story of pie (in the face) is about a century old. True, in Mr. Flip of 1909, a pie is pushed into Ben Turpin's mug - but we're talking throwing here. Chaplin may have picked that up from vaudeville man William Hammerstein when Chaplin trod the boards circa 1911. The earliest extant thrown-pie f