Donald O'Connor
Vaudeville performer, later 'Make 'Em Laugh' in Singin' in the Rain
Portrait forthcoming
Born to a vaudeville family. By the time he played the Kelly & Cawley's bandstand in the late 1940s he was a Universal Pictures musical regular. Drafted into Special Services entertainment during WWII. His most famous performance — Make 'Em Laugh in Singin' in the Rain — came in 1952. The novelty of it: nationally famous performers worked First Street between Hollywood pictures.