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Clifton Webb |
Webb Parmalee Hollenbeck
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His talent was discovered when he was just
8 years of age and thus, was offered a role in the "Palmer
Cox's Brownies. Mr. Webb quit school when he was just thirteen
years of age to follow his dream of the arts, singing, dancing,
painting, etc. He did some operatic singing for a bit and sang
at the grand Opera House in "Mignon." Although not formerly
trained in dancing, he started his dance career as a comic vaudeville
and musical dancer and Opera singer in the early 1910s. Webb started
teaching dance lessons and got his big break in 1913 when Bonnie
Glass spotted him gigolo |
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dancing (yes, in his early pre Bonnie
Glass days he was a gigolo) at the Jardin de Danse nightclub
in New York. Here he worked alongside Valentino
and George Raft. This teaming
proved valuable for Webb as the Glass /
Webb team became very proficient at the dances they performed
together for about a year and this brought him great exposure. It
has been reported that Glass trained Webb in the Ballroom
dances they did.
When Webb ended his partnership
with Glass, its said they were romantically involved at the time,
Mae Murray picked him up and danced off with him for quite a few
months on the keith vaudeville circuit. Later he would add eccentric
type dances with Mary Hay and Gloria Goodwin. In 1915, the famous
ballroom choreographer Ned Wayburn headlined him in his Broadway
revue "Town Topics of 1915." Webb opened a dance studio
with his mother Maybelle (whom he lived with untill her death) and
continued to perform.
Webb started doing movies in 1920 but didn't get his first big movie
break until 1944 in the film titled "Laura." Today he
is mainly remembered for his movie acting roles, rather than his
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Birth Place |
Birth Date |
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Offspring |
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11/11/1891 - 10/13/1966 |
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Music Titles |
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Mae Weeks |
Body and Soul |
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Amy Revere |
1932 - A Rainy Day |
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Bonnie
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1932 - Alone Together |
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Elisabeth Marbury
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1932 - Meine Kleine |
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Fred Allen (Three's
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1933 - Not For All The Rice |
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Gloria Goodwin |
1933 - How's Chances |
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Joan Bennett |
1933 - Easter Parade |
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Libby Hollman (Three's A Crowd) |
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Mae
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Margaret Lee |
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Mary Hay (1925) |
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Marilyn Webb (1932) |
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Tamara
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Night Clubs |
Theaters |
Stage |
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Imperial Theater (1932) |
1899 - Palmer Cox's
Brownies |
| Surf Club (Miami) |
Majestic Theater |
1910 - Mignon (Singing)
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Palace Theatre (danced) |
1913 - The Purple Road
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1914 - Keith Vaudeville
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1915 - Dancing Around (danced) |
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1915 - Town Tropics
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1915 - Love o Mike (danced) |
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1917 - Listen Lester |
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1917 - Marbury's "Love
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1922 - Phi-Phi (UK) |
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1929 - Little Show |
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Little Show (the first) danced |
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She's My Baby (danced) |
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Sonny (danced) |
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Treasure Girl |
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1930 - Three's A Crowd (danced
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1932 - Blithe Spirit |
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1932 - Flying Colors
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1933 - As Thousands
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1939 - Burlesque |
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Television |
Publications |
| 1920 - Polly with a Past |
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4/8/1916 - NY Dramatic Mirror |
| 1924 - Let not Man put Asunder |
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| 1925 - New Toys |
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| 1925 - The Heart of a Siren |
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| 1930 - The Still Alarm |
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| 1944 - Laura |
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| 1946 - The Dark Corner |
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| 1946 - Razor's Edge |
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| 1948 - Sitting Pretty |
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| 1949 - Mr. Belvedere goes to College |
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| 1950 - Cheaper by the Dozen |
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| 1950 - For Heaven's Sake (w/ Bennett) |
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| 1952 - Belles on your Toes |
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| 1952 - Dreamboat (w/
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| 1952 - Stars and Stripes Forever |
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