Famous Entertainers of Rhode Island

Rhode Island (RI) 

bullet Harry Anderson (1951 - ) Actor and magician.  He starred in the sit-com Night Court; born in Newport.
bullet George Michael Cohan (1878 - 1942) Composer and actor who is called the father of U.S. musical comedy; born in Providence.
bullet Bobby (Robert Leo) Hackett (1915-1976) Jazz trumpeter; born and raised in Providence.
bullet Julia Ward HoWe (1819 - 1910) Reformer, writer, and poet that wrote the words to “The Battle Hymn of the Republic”; lived in Portsmouth and Newport.

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