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  • Category: Television
  • Star rank: 180
  • Address:
    6559 Hollywood Blvd
  • Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
  • GPS location:
    34.101707, -118.332617

Mickey Rooney

Next star: Jack Warner
Previous star: Nancy Wilson

Biography

Mickey Rooney (born Joseph Yule, Jr.; September 23, 1920) is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has received multiple awards, including a Juvenile Academy Award, an Honorary Academy Award, two Golden Globes and an Emmy Award. Working as a performer since he was a child, he was a superstar as a teenager for the films in which he played Andy Hardy, and he has had one of the longest careers of any actor, to date spanning 90 years actively making films in ten decades, from 1920s to 2010s. He is the last surviving male star from 1930s Hollywood. For a younger generation of fans, he gained international fame for his leading role as Henry Dailey in The Family Channel’s The Adventures of the Black Stallion, as well as the film itself.

Fact file

  • Born: Joseph Yule, Jr. September 23, 1920 (age 91) Brooklyn, New York, US
  • Occupation: Actor, comedian, vaudevillian
  • Years active: 1922–present
  • Spouse: Ava Gardner (1942–43) Betty Jane Rase (aka B.J. Baker) (1944–48) Martha Vickers (1949–1951) Elaine Devry (1952–58) Carolyn Mitchell (1958–66) Marge Lane (1966–67) Carolyn Hockett (1969–75) Jan Chamberlin (1978–present)
  • Children: 9 children

Read more about Mickey Rooney at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

Other stars

Mickey Rooney also has stars:
  • For radio
    6396 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood Blvd, south side, between Cahuenga and Cosmo
  • For motion pictures
    1730 Vine St Vine St, east side, between Hollywood and Yucca

Related stars

  • Mickey & Jan Rooney for live theatre
    6801 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood Blvd, north side, between Highland and Orange

In the news

Rooney sues step-son over 'abuse'
BBC Entertainment, 2011-09-16 09:28:13
Veteran US actor Mickey Rooney sues his step-son, Christopher Aber, claiming he tricked him out of millions of dollars and bullied him into working.

Mickey Rooney's suit against stepson alleges theft (omg!)
Yahoo Entertainment, 2011-09-16 00:53:22
omg! - AP - Actor Mickey Rooney accuses his stepson and others of abusing him and stealing his income in a lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Mickey Rooney's suit against stepson alleges theft (AP)
Yahoo Entertainment, 2011-09-16 00:53:22
AP - Actor Mickey Rooney accuses his stepson and others of abusing him and stealing his income in a lawsuit filed Thursday in Los Angeles Superior Court.

Hollywood Blvd, north side, between Hudson and Whitley

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