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  • {{short description|American singer}} [[Category:American expatriates in the United Kingdom]]
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  • | nationality = Burmese / American / British Born as Peter Godenho in [[Rangoon]], [[Burma]], to an [[Italian American]] father and [[Scottish people|Scottish]]/[[Demographics of Burma|Burmese]]
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  • ...sodes, often as a parodic [[Indigenous peoples of Africa|African]], Native American or [[Arab|Arab]] [[Tribal chief|chieftain]] (but also often, with no attemp ...father was Harry Pitts Brown (c.1877–1920), an [[African American|African American]] [[Music hall|music-hall]] comedian and entertainer, his mother was Eva St
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  • {{short description|American jazz musician}} ...Ben|last=Ratliff|date=November 12, 2009|website=Nytimes.com}}</ref> was an American [[jazz]] pianist, arranger and record producer. He freelanced throughout mu
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  • ...United States|American]] [[w:television|television]], helping bring her to American audiences. She was a member of the [[w:repertory|repertory]] company on the [[Category:20th-century Welsh women singers]]
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  • ..., Patricia", ''British Film and Television Yearbook'', Vol. 4, British and American Film Press (1952)</ref> The marriage ended in divorce about 1934. [[Category:20th-century English actresses]]
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  • ...the music, melody, and laughing are taken from "The Laughing Song" by the American [[w:George W. Johnson (singer)|George W. Johnson]] which was first recorded [[Category:English male singers]]
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  • ...ion of the hit stage musical Little Shop of Horrors, starring the original American lead Ellen Greene, based on Roger Corman's low-budget horror movie. * ''[[Patton (film)|Patton]]'' (1970) – American GI Cook (uncredited)
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  • ...Cerney]] in Gloucestershire. His hobbies included [[model railway]]s and [[American folklore]]. [[Category:20th-century English male singers]]
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  • {{short description|French-American actress}} ...=9 May 2017|language=en}}</ref> 10 July 1904 – 21 March 1994) was a French-American actress and singer who appeared in 33 films between 1922 and 1937.
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  • ...n BBC Show Band.<ref name="Times2004" /> An arranger for visiting American singers such as [[Ella Fitzgerald]] and [[Frank Sinatra]], he wrote jingles for com [[Category:20th-century British male musicians]]
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  • {{short description|American actress, singer, dancer, writer, producer (1901–1971)}} ...a''' "'''Bebe'''" '''Daniels''' (January 14, 1901 – March 16, 1971) was an American actress, singer, dancer, writer, and producer.
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  • ...s in the 1960s. At the time, he was among the few [[w:black people|black]] singers in British pop music.<ref name="AMG">{{cite web|title=Kenny Lynch Biography ...Black]]'s No. 5 UK hit "Love's Just a Broken Heart", in collaboration with American songwriter [[Mort Shuman]].<ref name="AMG"/> "You'd Better Believe It" (co-
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  • ...comedian on the radio programme ''[[Billy Cotton Band Show]]'', alongside singers such as [[Tom Jones (singer)|Tom Jones]], [[Cliff Richard]] and [[Alma Coga In March 1986, he was featured on ''[[This Is Your Life (American franchise)|This Is Your Life]]''. Rogers was surprised by host [[Eamonn And
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  • ...in the 1960s birth of the British musical theatre scene after an era when American musicals had dominated the [[West End theatre|West End]].<ref name="nyt"/> ...gh his pop songwriting, penning numerous hits for the stable of young male singers promoted by artist manager and music publisher [[Larry Parnes]]. Bart's pop
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  • ...d his suave, superior, and somewhat threatening air made him in demand for American films for years to come.<ref>Sanders 1960, p.117</ref> ''Lloyd's of London' ...aying Sir Brian de Bois-Guilbert and dying in a duel with [[Robert Taylor (American actor)|Robert Taylor]] after professing his love for Jewish maiden Rebecca,
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  • ==American stage career== Buchanan's American stage appearances included: [[André Charlot]]'s Revues, [[Charles B. Cochr
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  • Born to an affluent Anglo-American family, Grenfell had abandoned early hopes of becoming an actress when she ...Langhorne (1889–1955), one of five daughters of [[Chiswell Langhorne]], an American railway millionaire, and of the architect Paul Phipps (1880–1953), the gr
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  • From the early 1950s Gingold lived and made her career mostly in the U.S. Her American stage work ranged from ''[[John Murray Anderson's Almanac]]'' (1953) to ''[ ...al sketch, [[Ned Sherrin]] writes "Gingold became a special attraction for American soldiers and 'Thanks, Yanks' was one of her most appropriate numbers. Durin
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  • ...kdown and went to [[Capri]] to recuperate.<ref>{{cite web|title=''The Afro American'', newspaper, 2 December 1939, page 6 – (article) ''Twelve Sing Way Back ...possibly at the suggestion of [[Winston Churchill]] who told her to "Make American Dollars, not British Pounds", which she did, in aid of the [[Marine Society
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