Eddie "Rochester" Anderson

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comedian film actor human radio actor television actor

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson was an American comedian and actor best known as Jack Benny’s gravel-voiced valet “Rochester” on radio and television, making him one of the first prominent Black stars in mainstream U.S. entertainment.

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Eddie "Rochester" Anderson canonical 1
Eddie “Rochester” Anderson 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf comedian ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
radio actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
activeYearsEnd 1970s ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1920s ⓘ
burialPlace Evergreen Cemetery, Los Angeles NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart disease ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1905-09-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1977-02-28 ⓘ
employer Jack Benny Program NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
fieldOfWork film acting ⓘ
radio entertainment ⓘ
television entertainment ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
hasPartInTheNameOf Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Memorial Park (Los Angeles) NERFINISHED ⓘ
knownFor playing Rochester on The Jack Benny Program ⓘ
name Eddie Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ
nickname Rochester NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableAchievement one of the first prominent Black stars in mainstream U.S. entertainment ⓘ
notableCharacter Rochester Van Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork Cabin in the Sky (1943 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
Gone with the Wind (1939 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Jack Benny Program (radio) NERFINISHED ⓘ
The Jack Benny Program (television) NERFINISHED ⓘ
You Can't Take It with You (1938 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
performedIn film ⓘ
radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
vaudeville ⓘ
placeOfBirth Oakland, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Eva Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mamie Wiggins Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ
voiceType gravelly voice ⓘ
workedWith Jack Benny NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Cabin in the Sky → stars → Eddie "Rochester" Anderson ⓘ
San Fernando Mission Cemetery, Los Angeles, California, United States → hasNotableBurial → Eddie "Rochester" Anderson ⓘ
subject surface form: San Fernando Mission Cemetery
this entity surface form: Eddie “Rochester” Anderson