Effie was a bareback rider and Chuck was a circus strongman and acrobat. Both the O'Connors struggled to remember where and when exactly Donald was born, due to the family's extensive travel. O'Connor was born in 1925 to Vaudevillians Edward "Chuck" O'Connor and Effie Irene (née Crane) in Chicago, the 200th child born at St.
He also won a Primetime Emmy Award from four nominations and received two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His best-known work was his " Make 'Em Laugh" dance routine in Singin' in the Rain (1952), for which role O'Connor was awarded a Golden Globe. For Singin' in the Rain, however, MGM cultivated a much more sympathetic sidekick persona, and that remained O'Connor's signature image. In his early Universal films, O'Connor closely mimicked the smart alec, fast-talking personality of Mickey Rooney of rival MGM Studio. Yet it was his boyish charm that audiences found most engaging, and which remained an appealing aspect of his personality throughout his career. The most distinctive characteristic of his dancing style was its athleticism, for which he had few rivals. O'Connor was born into a vaudeville family, where he learned to dance, sing, play comedy, even slapstick.
He came to fame in a series of films in which he co-starred with Gloria Jean, Peggy Ryan, and Francis the Talking Mule. Donald David Dixon Ronald O'Connor (Aug– September 27, 2003) was an American dancer, singer and actor.
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