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- Star rank: 640
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1500 Vine St - Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing south
- GPS location:
34.098177, -118.326517
Oliver Hardy
Biography
Oliver “Ollie” Hardy (born Norvell Hardy) January 18, 1892 – August 7, 1957) was an American comic actor famous as one half of Laurel and Hardy, the classic double act that began in the era of silent films and lasted nearly 30 years, from 1927 to 1955.
Fact file
- Born: Norvell Hardy January 18, 1892 Harlem, Georgia, U.S.
- Died: August 7, 1957 (aged 65) North Hollywood, California, U.S.
- Occupation: Actor
- Years active: 1914–1951
- Spouse: Madelyn Saloshin (1913–1921)“Marriage: Madelyn Saloshin to Oliver Hardy” Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Hardy) Myrtle Reeves (1921–1937) «start: (1921)–end+1: (1938)»“Marriage: Myrtle Reeves to Oliver Hardy” Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Hardy) Virginia Lucille Jones (1940–1957)“Marriage: Virginia Lucille Jones to Oliver Hardy” Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Hardy)
Read more about Oliver Hardy at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
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Beloved Mexican comic 'Capulina' dies at age 85
(AP)
Yahoo Entertainment, 2011-10-01 04:31:58
AP - The beloved Mexican comic known as "Capulina" died Friday at age 85, after a six-decade career as Mexico's equivalent of funny fat man Oliver Hardy.
Vine St, east side, between Sunset and Selma
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