Comedy
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Fields, Totie, 1978 - 2004
Famous Comedienne from Hartford Performed on the Ed Sullivan show numerous times and was known for her jokes about her weight and ordinary life
Jewish Historical Society of Greater Hartford Oral History Collection
Katz, Louis Y., 1918 - 1977
Katz, Louis_1977, Oral History, February 14, 1977
Subjects covered during interview include: Family history in Lituania, Work, Marriage (Ethel), theater (some topics not found in incomplete transcript).
Family history in Hartford/Mass area, Sophie Tucker, his time as an entertainer at various society functions in CT and up and down te eastern seaboard.
Katz family all related-at times unclear how. See Katz Family Tree for more information.
Katz, Louis_1977, Oral History, March 23, 1977
Subjects covered during interview include:
Continuation, about entertainment side career as well as some of his other jobs, Katz Family, Involvement in Organizations/Jewish Community.
Explains some of the material found in the Louis Y. Katz people file.
Kellin, Samuel, March 21, 1973
Topics covered in this interview include: B'nai Brith, Ararat Lodge, Jewish community (relations with German vs. Russian Jews, Jewish education, Jewish students at UCONN and Trinity (Hillel), family history, Great Depression, World War II, Hartford Circus Fire & death of his daughter Shirley and a nephew in it, adoption, politics, flood of 1955, antisemitism, McCarthy Era and it's effects on local Jews, Jewish women, Jewish humor/entertaining.