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BIRTHDAY
DIED
May 24, 1981

RECENT CREDITS
Reds (FILM)  Dec. 4, 1981
The Phynx (FILM)  Jan. 1, 1970
Valley of the Dolls (FILM)  Dec. 15, 1967
The Busybody (FILM)  Jan. 13, 1967
Beau James (FILM)  Jul. 1, 1957
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BIOGRAPHY
His father was a playwright and stage producer. At age nine he began singing professionally; two years later he teamed up with Eddie Cantor in vaudeville. Over the next decade or so he established himself as a major....
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His father was a playwright and stage producer. At age nine he began singing professionally; two years later he teamed up with Eddie Cantor in vaudeville. Over the next decade or so he established himself as a major entertainer and songwriter in nightclubs and on Broadway. Jessel appeared sporadically onscreen; his only moderately busy period as a film actor was 1926-30. In 1945 he began producing musical films for Fox. He was known for his charity work, traveling widely and giving lectures and performances to raise funds for various causes; for such activities, in 1969 he was awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, a special Oscar. Jessel often entertained U.S. troops overseas. For a time he was married to actress Norma Talmadge. He authored two volumes of memoirs, So Help Me (1943) and This Way, Miss (1955).

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