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Performing Arts issue - George M. Cohan
George Michael Cohan was born on July
3, 1878 in Providence, Rhode Island to Jeremiah and Helen Cohan. He was the
third of three children, one of whom died in infancy. George began performing at an early age with his parents and his older sister Josephine. He performed in vaudeville and on the legitimate stage. He began writing his own vaudeville skits and songs in 1893 and his first full-length play opened in New York in 1901. George married his first wife, Ethel Levey in 1899 and she became a member of the act. Among Cohan's many productions were The Governor's Son, Forty-Five Minutes From Broadway, The Talk of New York, Get Rich Quick Wallingford, Broadway Jones, Seven Keys to Baldpate, The Tavern, The Song and Dance Man, and American Born. He composed numerous songs including, You're a Grand Old Flag, Mary's a Grand Old Name, Give My Regards to Broadway and his popular I'm a Yankee Doodle Dandy. He also wrote the World War I smash hit Over There for which he was given a special medal by congress in 1940. Cohan's life has been depicted in film, Yankee Doodle Dandy and on Broadway, George M. George M. Cohan died on November 5,
1942 in New York, NY. His autobiography, Twenty
Years on Broadway and the Years It Took to Get There contains a
description his early career with his family, The
Four Cohans. Reference:
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