The mammoth musical of Jerome Kern's dramatic life story
Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'.
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Deceased
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Still living
Showing 30 of 30 loaded cast members.
as Jane Witherspoon / Lou Ellen Carter
DeceasedBorn: October 7, 1917
Died: July 8, 2006
Age at death: 88
as Sally Hessler
DeceasedBorn: February 21, 1917
Died: April 16, 1996
Age at death: 79
as Marilyn Miller
DeceasedBorn: June 10, 1922
Died: June 22, 1969
Age at death: 47
as Magnolia Hawks / Kathryn Grayson
DeceasedBorn: February 9, 1922
Died: February 17, 2010
Age at death: 88
as James I. Hessler
DeceasedBorn: December 13, 1910
Died: July 23, 1971
Age at death: 60
as Julie LaVerne / Lena Horne
DeceasedBorn: June 30, 1917
Died: May 9, 2010
Age at death: 92
as Bandleader in Elite Club
DeceasedBorn: August 25, 1916
Died: December 12, 2008
Age at death: 92
as Gaylord Ravenal / Tony Martin
DeceasedBorn: December 25, 1913
Died: July 27, 2012
Age at death: 98
as Julia Sanderson / Dinah Shore
DeceasedBorn: February 29, 1916
Died: February 24, 1994
Age at death: 77
as Frank Sinatra
DeceasedBorn: December 12, 1915
Died: May 14, 1998
Age at death: 82
as Jerome Kern
DeceasedBorn: October 13, 1918
Died: August 28, 1951
Age at death: 32
as Dance Specialty
DeceasedBorn: June 22, 1921
Died: August 25, 1980
Age at death: 59
as Dance Specialty
DeceasedBorn: March 8, 1922
Died: June 16, 2008
Age at death: 86
as Charles Frohman
DeceasedBorn: November 7, 1882
Died: July 24, 1955
Age at death: 72
as Oscar Hammerstein II
DeceasedBorn: April 17, 1913
Died: April 15, 1980
Age at death: 66
as London Specialty
DeceasedBorn: October 16, 1925
Died: October 11, 2022
Age at death: 96
as Victor Herbert
DeceasedBorn: March 15, 1907
Died: June 3, 1963
Age at death: 56
as Dance Specialty / George Budd
DeceasedBorn: June 27, 1920
Died: February 20, 1959
Age at death: 38
as Mrs. Muller
DeceasedBorn: August 14, 1884
Died: December 3, 1976
Age at death: 92
as Ellie May Shipley / Virginia O'Brien
DeceasedBorn: April 18, 1919
Died: January 16, 2001
Age at death: 81
as Eva Kern
DeceasedBorn: June 3, 1921
Died: May 31, 1987
Age at death: 65
as Joe (segment "Show Boat")
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Joe Hennessey
DeceasedBorn: June 1, 1908
Died: June 27, 1957
Age at death: 49
as Sally Hessler as a Girl
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Specialty (segment 'The Cat and the Fiddle') (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: October 10, 1922
Died: September 11, 2016
Age at death: 93
as Specialty (segment 'The Cat and the Fiddle') (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: October 10, 1922
Died: September 7, 2015
Age at death: 92
as Backstage Well-Wisher (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: November 23, 1898
Died: July 28, 1984
Age at death: 85
as Producer (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: June 3, 1895
Died: June 1, 1957
Age at death: 61
as Stage Door Johnny (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: July 14, 1893
Died: October 23, 1960
Age at death: 67
as Elite Club Diner (uncredited)
DeceasedBorn: November 20, 1894
Died: January 26, 1954
Age at death: 59
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