Cantor, Eddie (born Isidore Itzkowitz) (1892-1964)

US singer. An actor with a high-pitched singing voice, who often performed with his face blacked-up, Cantor appeared in Kid Cabaret (1912) with George Jessel. He worked for Florenz Ziegfeld 1916-28, when he sang his best known songs, including ‘Making Whoopee’.

He was born in New York City. A radio host and movie actor in the 1930s, he helped to found actors' unions and to promote the March of Dimes.