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 Mickey Rooney - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Actor Mickey Rooney speaks at the Pentagon in 2000 during a ceremony honoring the USO.
He appeared in a number of films, including Words and Music in 1948, which paired him for the last time with Garland on film (he appeared with her on one episode as a guest on her CBS variety series in the early 60s), and one final Andy Hardy film in the late 1950s.
Rooney did the voices for three Christmas TV animated/stop action specials: Santa Claus is Coming to Town (1970), The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974), and Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July—always playing Santa Claus.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mickey_Rooney   (966 words)

  
 BBC SPORT | Football | Internationals | England | Rooney the shining light
And it was a fitting setting as Rooney illuminated the evening with a performance of power, poise and maturity which drew extravagant praise from experienced observers.
Rooney may not have scored the goal the script demanded and may have tired in the second half - but he was the catalyst that changed the game in England's favour.
Rooney should not be alone in claiming the plaudits after an England display that answered many of the questions posed of Eriksson's side.
news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/football/internationals/england/2911789.stm   (476 words)

  
 Mickey Rooney's star is still shining - The Boston Globe
Mickey Rooney celebrates his 85th birthday tonight at the Regent Theatre in Arlington, opening a weekend engagement of ''Let's Put on a Show," with his ''favorite collaborator" and wife of nearly 30 years, Jan.
Rooney played many of his standout film roles in classics such as ''National Velvet" and ''Breakfast at Tiffany's." In the '60s and '70s, he turned up less on the big screen and more often on the tube.
Then in 1979, Rooney was back on stage in a big way, as the star of ''Sugar Babies," a Broadway hit that ran for three years.
www.boston.com /ae/theater_arts/articles/2005/09/23/mickey_rooneys_star_is_still_shining   (670 words)

  
 Mickey Rooney
The consummate performer, Mickey Rooney made his first stage appearance at the age of one when he crawled out on stage during his parents’ vaudeville act.
Mickey was born Joe Yule, Jr., on September 23, 1920 in Brooklyn, son of well-known performers Joe Yule and Nell Carter.
Mickey finds his most fulfilling moments when he performs with Jan and has the opportunity to enjoy her talents with an audience.
www.judygarlandmuseum.com /rooney.html   (406 words)

  
 Mickey Rooney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
The son of vaudevillians, Rooney first became a part of the family act when he was 15-months-old, and was eventually on-stage singing, dancing, mimicking, and telling jokes.
A turning point in Rooney's career came with his 1937 appearance as Andy Hardy, the wise-cracking son of a small-town judge, in the B-movie A Family Affair.
Rooney went on to a memorable role in Boys Town (1938) and several high-energy musicals with Judy Garland.
www.djangomusic.com /actor_bio.asp?pid=P108826   (546 words)

  
 Mickey Rooney on America
Rooney struggled with a barbiturate habit, went through seven wives (divorced four times, thrice widowed), declared personal bankruptcy and saw one of his dearest friends, Judy Garland, die tragically from drug-related causes.
Rooney says an angel appeared to him in a diner one day, telling him Jesus Christ loved Mickey Rooney and was looking for him.
Rooney, with all due respect, you can't tell me that people choose to be born into poverty.
www.montrealmirror.com /ARCHIVES/1998/022698/film1.html   (1160 words)

  
 Book Mickey Rooney - Booking Comedian, Magician, Corporate Events, Private, Meeting Event - Contact for Information ...
Several years later Rooney was hired by Universal to appear in The Information Kid on the stipulation he don a new image.
Rooney recalls the event in his autobiography, Life is Too Short (Villard Books, 1991): "He never bothered to ask me whether I liked it.
In the 1930s Rooney became famous for his role in the Andy Hardy series, he received a special Academy Award for the film Boys Town with Spencer Tracy, and he made Babes in Arms, his first major musical with Judy Garland, earning an Academy Award nomination as best actor.
www.grabow.biz /Comedy&Magic/MickeyRooney.htm   (509 words)

  
 Mickey Rooney
As an adolescent, Rooney co-starred with Judy Garland in a series of squeaky-clean MGM musicals, often revolving around the urgent need to put on a show in somebody's barn.
In 2005, Rooney filmed a commercial for a cold remedy, in which Rooney's towel slipped off in a sauna, exposing his 84-year-old buttocks for about two seconds.
Rooney angrily described the commercial as "a fun spot", and said "the public deserves to see it".
www.nndb.com /people/861/000022795   (572 words)

  
 Mickey Rooney   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Rooney made his film debut at age six and, from 1927 to 1933, starred in over 50 episodes of the two-reel comedy series, "Mickey McGuire." It is said that Walt Disney was so impressed with youngster Mickey that he actually named his famous mouse after him.
Rooney established himself as a solid character actor in the postwar period, particularly with his roles in BABY FACE NELSON (1957) and BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S (1961).
Rooney swore that Groucho Marx had taken him there (only once), and that Groucho appeared to be on a first-name basis with many of the employees.
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 Mickey Rooney Photos - Mickey Rooney News - Mickey Rooney Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Joe Yule Jr., also known as Mickey Rooney, was born September 23, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York.
Mickey Grady, his wife, and two sons, move to California, where he becomes the owner of the Newport Arms Hotel.
Oliver Nugent (Mickey Rooney) moves in with his college-aged grandson, Adam Shields (Dana Carvey), and his roomate Jonathan Burns (Nathan Lane).
www.tv.com /mickey-rooney/person/3546/summary.html   (361 words)

  
 Mickey Rooney News
Hollywood legend MICKEY ROONEY has blasted the media for spreading rumours iconic actress DAME ELIZABETH TAYLOR is close to death.
In the spirit of transparency in blogging, fueled by the recent unveiling of anonymous and semi-anonymous PR bloggers, it's time to part the curtains and show the men and women behind the machine that IS the...
Mickey Rooney, that spunky teenager who burst on to the screen in such 1930s flicks as the Andy Hardy series and 'Boys Town' is now 85.
www.topix.net /who/mickey-rooney   (621 words)

  
 Boston.com / A&E / Theater/Arts / AP Arts Review: Mickey Rooney looks back   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Of all the characters Mickey Rooney has played in an 80-year career encompassing hundreds of films and tv appearances, his latest return to the New York stage casts him in his most familiar role -- himself.
A large part of Rooney's spoken segments seem to be read stiffly from a hidden TelePrompTer and are not of great biographical substance.
Fans of Rooney's work should enjoy this rare chance to see him live in the city where he enjoyed one of the brightest highlights of his illustrious career -- the 1979 Broadway production of the musical "Sugar Babies," for which he received a Tony nomination.
www.boston.com /ae/theater_arts/articles/2004/08/13/ap_arts_review_mickey_rooney_looks_back   (454 words)

  
 Mickey Rooney's Arteries Unclogged - Dec 21, 2000 - E! Online News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Oddly enough, Rooney found out he had a clogged artery while prepping to be the spokesman for Inside Track, a new imaging technology used to locate potential trouble.
Prior to his surgery Wednesday, Rooney told Variety columnist Army Archerd that he and his (eighth) wife, Jan, will be back on the road in February for their One Man--One Wife show.
Rooney said he just wanted to get the surgery over with so the pair could get back to work.
www.eonline.com /News/Items/0,1,7558,00.html   (419 words)

  
 Mickey Rooney Forum @ Filmbug
mickey rooney is one of my all time favorite actors.
I'm trying to find the name of the war movie where Mickey Rooney was on a train with a bunch of other guys and they were singing "Leaning on the everlasting arms".
Mickey Rooney is by far the most talented and dramatic actors the movies have ever known.
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 Mickey Rooney - MovieActors.com
Mickey Rooney's defining role was as the title character in the Andy Hardy series, including ANDY HARDY'S DOUBLE LIFE.
Mickey Rooney, who may have made more comebacks than any other star, always found new audiences and new roles to bring his unquenchable energy to.
Mickey Rooney was Hollywood, and both Hollywood and the general public knew it.
www.movieactors.com /40stars/rooney.htm   (147 words)

  
 Mickey Rooney, Jr. - Biography, Photos, and more - Moviefone
Mickey Rooney's father, Joe Yule, was a vaudeville comic and actor, and Joe Jr.
Father of Tim Rooney and Mickey Rooney Jr.
Father of Jimmy Rooney and Jonelle Rooney, from his marriage to Carolyn...
movies.aol.com /celebrity/mickey-rooney-jr/61377/main?_pgtyp=pdct   (99 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Mickey Rooney gets special WWII award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
BEDFORD, Va. (AP) — Actor Mickey Rooney received a special award at the National D-Day Memorial for his nearly two years of service in Europe during World War II.
Rooney, who received a Bronze Star during the war, was in southwestern Virginia to attend the Blue-Ridge-Southwest Virginia Vision Film Festival, which honors films made in the state or by Virginians.
Before visiting the D-Day Memorial on Sunday, Rooney and his wife, Jan, renewed their wedding vows in a private ceremony performed by the Rev. Jerry Falwell.
www.usatoday.com /life/people/2004-04-05-mickey-rooney_x.htm?POE=LIFISVA   (283 words)

  
 COMBAT! Episode Review: Silver Service
Mickey Rooney, the greatest talent that Hollywood produced.
And Mickey got, excuse the expression I have to use, Mickey got so 'pissed' that he walked off the set.
Mickey was a compulsive talker and joke teller.
www.jodavidsmeyer.com /combat/episodes/Silver_Service.html   (461 words)

  
 Fox Rejects Mickey Rooney’s Butt for Super Bowl Ad » Outside The Beltway | OTB
Mickey Rooney’s backside in a Super Bowl ad: no. Especially not after Janet Jackson’s “wardrobe malfunction” at last year’s Super Bowl.
SportsBlog linked with Fox Rejects Mickey Rooney's Butt for Super Bowl Ad PoliBlog: Politics is the Master Science linked with Lessons in PR NOTE: My spam filter automatically deletes any TrackBacks that do not actually link and refer to this post.
What a shame that Rooney, whose entire career was based on wholesomeness, would whore himself for some attention and a few bucks.
www.outsidethebeltway.com /archives/2005/01/fox_rejects_mickey_rooneys_butt_for_super_bowl_ad   (1216 words)

  
 Crystal's Mickey Rooney Page   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
He became well known for a series of some 50 silent comedies between 1927 and 1933 in which he played Mickey McGuire, a comic-strip character.
Mickey with Judy Garland in "Babes On Broadway".
He got his own TV show, "The Mickey Rooney Show" (1954) and entered the nightclubs and theatres again in the 1960s.
www.angelfire.com /or2/classicstars/rooney.html   (329 words)

  
 Playbill News: A Babe Off-Broadway: Mickey Rooney Performs Let's Put On a Show! at NYC's Irish Rep Aug. 10-Sept. 12
Mickey Rooney has got his act together and is taking it to Off-Broadway, starting Aug. 10.
At 83, Rooney is an 80-year veteran of show business, having started as a child performer.
According to the announcement, "Mickey regales with tales of studios, movies, and, of course, the women in his life.
www.playbill.com /news/article/87797.html   (573 words)

  
 Mickey Rooney
And Rooney was one of the stars who gave the young Hollywood its shine.
Rooney is brash and graphic about his sexual exploits.
Minutes later, Rooney looked for the busboy, but nobody knew of one who met Rooney's description and he was nowhere to be found.
www.grandtimes.com /rooney.html   (1251 words)

  
 Bright Lights Film Journal | Words and Music
Rooney, still alive and kicking as the twentieth century gets ready to fade into the sunset, is regarded as something of a joke today, if he’s noticed at all.
Rooney’s talents, as a singer and dancer if not as an actor, are on full display here.
Hart, Rooney, and Garland all knew a lot about unhappy affairs, but for three minutes on the big screen at least, there are no regrets.
www.brightlightsfilm.com /23/wordsmusic.html   (1949 words)

  
 The Official Web Site of Mickey Rooney
Not long ago, Jan and Mickey Rooney renewed their wedding vows under the alert eye of Jerry Falwell, that fire-and-brimstone preacher of America's religious right.
Apart from the prayerful significance of the occasion, it was rather like receiving a long service award.
Of Rooney's eight marriages, this one has now notched up 31 years, which is more than all the others added together.
www.mickeyrooney.com   (63 words)

  
 The Valve - A Literary Organ | Mickey Rooney Preservation Society
Glimpse of Mickey Rooney in the audience: truly the last survivor of golden-age Hollywood, and one who has never quite gotten his critical due as a performer.
Pauline Kael was going to do a long profile-appreciation of Rooney in the manner of her Cary Grant essay, but it never happened and now there’s no one with the wealth of knowledge and sympathy to him justice.
A glimpse of Mickey Rooney brings to mind yet another complaint against God, if that’s who’s responsible for the ravages of time.
www.thevalve.org /go/valve/article/mickey_rooney_preservation_society   (636 words)

  
 The Mickey Rooney Experience
By 1939, 'Mickey Rooney' was the biggest box-office attraction in the world.
Rooney celebrated his 82nd birthday on September 23, 2002.
Rooney Quotes -- where "kids are goats" and "age is only experience"
pages.prodigy.net /mshimkus/rooney.htm   (524 words)

  
 Babes in Arms   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Mickey Moran, Mickey Rooney; Patsy Barton, Judy Garland, Joe Moran, Charles Winninger; Judge Black, Guy Kibbee; Rosalie Essex, June Preisser; Florrie Moran, Grace Hayes; Molly Moran, Betty Jaynes; Don Brice, Douglas McPhail; Jeff Steele, Rand Brooks; Dody Martini, Leni Lynn; Bobs, John Sheffield; Madox, Henry Hull; William, Barnett Parker; Mrs.
Learning that his parents are in financial straits - as are the other vaudeville families living in the community - he rounds up all the stage kids and puts on a lavish show to raise money.
.and Mickey Rooney as the children of vaudevillians, and it has great charm.
members.aol.com /movieboy2/arms.html   (330 words)

  
 Mickey Rooney Current Month TV Schedule
Mickey Rooney as a bank robber who cons Sophia into driving the getaway car.
Starring Elizabeth Taylor, Mickey Rooney, Donald Crisp, Anne Revere, Angela Lansbury, Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins.
Mickey Rooney as a disgraced jockey whose greatest wish is granted.
www.tv-now.com /stars/rooney.html   (345 words)

  
 MICKEY ROONEY   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-08-19)
Then, in 1979, Mickey Rooney was in the Burlesque production of "Sugar Babies".
Mickey Rooney has made over 200 films, has won an honorary Oscar for lifetime achievement, a special juvenile Oscar he shared with Deana Durbin in 1939, five Oscar nominations, one Emmy award, five Emmy nominations, and two Golden Globes.
Mickey Rooney was the number one actor from 1939 through 1941.
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