Jimmy Hussey

Jimmy Hussey (Chicago, January 18, 1891 - November 20, 1930 North Bergen, New Jersey) was an American comedian and vaudeville star.[1]

For the British criminal, see Great train robbery (1963).

Vaudevilles
  • Travesty 1919 - military playlette "Somewhere".[2]
  • Tattle Tales 1920 - librettist and producer Jimmy Hussey, including early performances by Betty Grable, Barbara Stanwyck[3]
  • The Whirl of the Town 1921 Shubert musical revue, staged Jimmy Hussey, including Mae West

References
  1. Dorothy Parker: Complete Broadway, 1918–1923 - Page 319 "One of them is Jimmy Hussey. It seems, on inquiry, that Jimmy Hussey is probably one of the best-known figures on the American stage, having appeared in vaudeville for years and years. But we, who do not get around much, never happened."
  2. American Cloak and Suit Review - Volume 17 1919 p 147 Fourth on the program was Jimmy Hussey in a military playette called "Somewhere" in Vaudeville." Mr. Hussey was assisted by his partner, William Worsley, and the two made a tremendous hit. Jimmy Hussey, as practically everyone knows, is one of the headliners on the B. F. Keith circuit.
  3. Victoria Wilson -A Life of Barbara Stanwyck: Steel-True 1907-1940 -2015 Page 343 "Tattle Tales was a lavish production made up of 125 people, featuring vaudeville's Miller and Mack—Uncle Buck, Millie Stevens's old stage friend—and the Three Blazes. Also appearing was sixteen-year-old Betty Grable, who'd moved to Los Angeles"
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