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Frank Tinney : ウィキペディア英語版 | Frank Tinney
Frank Aloysius Robert Tinney (March 29, 1878 – November 28, 1940) was an American blackface comedian and actor. Tinney achieved considerable success in vaudeville and on Broadway in the early 20th century. Comedian Joe Cook considered Tinney, "the greatest natural comic ever developed in America."〔(Leonard, William T., Masquerade in Black, 1986, p. 280 ) accessed November 27, 2012〕 Tinney's career and marriage were ruined after he was accused of beating his mistress, Ziegfeld girl Imogene "Bubbles" Wilson in May 1924. Although he was never formally charged, the ensuing publicity ruined his reputation. Tinney suffered a number of health problems after the scandal and eventually had a nervous breakdown. He never regained his health and died in November 1940. ==Early life== Tinney was born in Philadelphia〔Who's Who in the Theatre, 1933, p. 1327〕〔Note. Tinney claimed March 29, 1886 on two passport applications and his bother Joseph recorded his age as 53 (one year off) on his Veterans Burial Card〕 the third of four children raised by Hugh Francis and Mary (née Carroll) Tinney, both first generation Irish-Americans. As a boy, Tinney would later say, he sang in the choir until they found out what was the matter with the choir. He did perform with his brother Joseph at church and social functions and briefly one summer made an appearance on a vaudeville stage in a child act. His parents had hoped he would pursue a career in medicine, but instead as a young man Tinney found work as a chief lifeguard at Atlantic City, fire engine driver and undertaker’s assistant. His antics in the latter profession eventually led to an offer to join a traveling minstrel show.〔Frank Tinney, US Passport Application July 29, 1924- Ancestry.com〕〔(Everybody's Magazine, January-June, 1921, p. 30 ) accessed November 15, 2012〕
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