Mickey Rooney
American actor
A five-foot-three bundle of dynamite with an eight-decade career as actor, singer, comedian, dancer, and songwriter.Wikipedia
| Born | September 23, 1920 |
| Hometown | New York City, New York, United States of America |
| Net worth | $20 thousand |
| Height | 5'2" (1.57m) |
| Spouse | Jan Chamberlin, Carolyn Hockett, Marge Lane, Barbara Ann Thomason, Elaine Devry, Martha Vickers, Betty Jane Phillips, Ava Gardner |
| Children | Mickey Rooney Jr., Tim Rooney, Michael Rooney |
| Parents | Joe Yule |
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‘The greatest actor of them all’: Mickey Rooney’s scandalous life – and sad decline
- Hollywood, 1942. Mickey Rooney was the biggest star in the world. He’d spent three consecutive years as the most successful performer at the global box office. He’d won a special Academy Award for child stars, and been nominated for the grown-up Best Actor Oscar too. Laurence Olivier had called him “the greatest actor of them all”. And he was about to marry Ava Gardner.
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Mickey Rooney appeared in hundreds of films
The veteran Hollywood actor Mickey Rooney has died at the age of 93. Rooney, whose career began as a child star in the 1930s, had been ill for some time, US entertainment media said.
MOVIES & TV SHOWS
Silent Night, Deadly Night 5: The Toy Maker
R
1h 25min
1991
Lightning -- The White Stallion
PG
1h 35min
1976
The Extraordinary Seaman
G
1h 20min
1975
The Big Operator
1h 30min
1975
Sound Off
1h 23min
1975
The Strip
1h 25min
1975
Killer McCoy
1h 44min
1976
Andy Hardy's Double Life
1h 32min
1976
A Yank at Eton
1h 28min
1975
The Courtship of Andy Hardy
1h 33min
1975
Babes on Broadway
1h 58min
1941
Soldier's Stories
0h 28min
2014
Killing Midnight
1h 30min
1997
The Magic Voyage
G
1h 22min
1994
Revenge of the Red Baron
PG-13
1h 27min
1994
Leave 'Em Laughing
1h 40min
1981
Convict Women
R
1h 30min
1975
Albums
Girl Crazy [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]
1943
I Majored in Sandpiles [Live on the Ed Sullivan Show, October 2, 1960]
2021
Pinocchio
2008
Go Ahead and Laff
2000
Judy Garland & Mickey Rooney Collection
1995
AWARDS
| Year | Associations | Category | Work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Emmy (Primetime) | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Special | Bill: On His Own | Nominated |
| 1982 | Emmy (Primetime) | Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Special | Bill (1981 film) | Winner |
| 1982 | Golden Globe | Best Performance by an Actor in a Limited Series or Motion Picture Made | Bill (1981 film) | Winner |
| 1980 | Academy Award | Actor in a Supporting Role | The Black Stallion (film) | Nominated |
| 1964 | Golden Globe | Actor in a Television Series | Mickey | Winner |
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