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Sid Silvers (January 16, 1901 in Brooklyn, New York – August 20, 1976 in Brooklyn) was an American actor, comedian, lyricist, and writer. Silvers began his career in vaudeville in the early 1920s as a comedy partner of Phil Baker. As part of their act, Silvers would heckle Baker from the audience.
Sid Silvers was born on 16 January 1901 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Born to Dance (1936), Bottoms Up (1934) and Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935). He was married to Buena Solomon. He died on 20 August 1976 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
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The second of its annual Eleanor Powell musicals, BORN TO DANCE brings back her co- stars from her initial MGM musical, Broadway MELODY OF 1936, including Sid Silvers, Una Merkel, Frances Langford and Buddy Ebsen, with Virginia Bruce substituting for June Knight as the temperamental actress.
Sid Silvers was born on January 16, 1901 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Born to Dance (1936), Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) and Bottoms Up (1934). He was married to Buena Solomon. He died on August 20, 1976 in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
- January 16, 1901
- August 20, 1976
Sid Silvers (January 16, 1901 in Brooklyn, New York – August 20, 1976 in Brooklyn) was an American actor, comedian, lyricist, and writer. Silvers began his career in vaudeville in the early 1920s as a comedy partner of Phil Baker. As part of their act, Silvers would heckle Baker from the audience.
Short Biography. Sid Silvers was born on January 16, 1901 in Brooklyn, New York, USA. He was a writer and actor, known for Born to Dance (1936), For Me and My Gal (1942) and The Wizard of Oz (1939). He was married to Buena Solomon. He died on August 20, 1976 in Brooklyn.
Skinny, diminutive (4'10") comic actor Sid Silvers started out in vaudeville as a stooge for monologist Phil Baker. As Baker would play his accordion and crack jokes, the adenoidal Silvers would heckle him from the audience (this chapter in Silvers' career was later fictionalized in the 1951 Martin and Lewis comedy The Stooge).
