Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney has died at his Los Angeles home. He was 93. With a remarkable career that spanned 10 decades, Mickey Rooney was one of the last surviving artists to have witnessed the evolution of film – from his first onscreen role in the 1926 silent film Not To Be Trusted, to his appearance in 2011′s The Muppets, and beyond.
After first taking to the stage at the age of 15 months, as part of his parents’ Vaudeville act, Joseph Yule Jr. soon progressed to child stardom – appearing in almost 80 silent comedy shorts as the comic strip character, Mickey McGuire. It was this character that would provide the star’s new name, as his mother decided a change was needed. Joseph Yule Jr. became Mickey Rooney, and signed with MGM in 1934 – soon taking to the screen alongside legends such as Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy.
A Family Affair in 1937 – based on the Broadway...
After first taking to the stage at the age of 15 months, as part of his parents’ Vaudeville act, Joseph Yule Jr. soon progressed to child stardom – appearing in almost 80 silent comedy shorts as the comic strip character, Mickey McGuire. It was this character that would provide the star’s new name, as his mother decided a change was needed. Joseph Yule Jr. became Mickey Rooney, and signed with MGM in 1934 – soon taking to the screen alongside legends such as Clark Gable and Spencer Tracy.
A Family Affair in 1937 – based on the Broadway...
- 4/7/2014
- by Sarah Myles
- We Got This Covered
Mickey Rooney, Dick Van Dyke and Bill Cobbs in Night At The Museum Actor Mickey Rooney died at the age of 93 on Sunday. The Brooklyn-born child star who went on to become a giant at MGM is reported to have been ill for some time.
Rooney - real name Joseph Yule Junior - began his career when he was just an toddler in his parents' vaudeville act Yule and Carter. He starred in his first film - a silent - Not To Be Trusted in 1926 and quickly went on to find success as comic strip character Mickey Maguire in a string of silent comedy shorts.
It was the role of Andy Hardy - the son of a small town judge - in a string of films, and his pairing with Judy Garland in musicals such as Babes In Arms that propelled him to stardom. By the time he was 19, in...
Rooney - real name Joseph Yule Junior - began his career when he was just an toddler in his parents' vaudeville act Yule and Carter. He starred in his first film - a silent - Not To Be Trusted in 1926 and quickly went on to find success as comic strip character Mickey Maguire in a string of silent comedy shorts.
It was the role of Andy Hardy - the son of a small town judge - in a string of films, and his pairing with Judy Garland in musicals such as Babes In Arms that propelled him to stardom. By the time he was 19, in...
- 4/7/2014
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
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