Rudy Vallee

Rudy Vallee was born on Jul 28, 1901 in USA. Rudy Vallee's big-screen debut came with The Vagabond Lover directed by Marshall Neilan in 1929, strarring Rudy Bronson. Rudy Vallee is known for 20th Century Women directed by Mike Mills, Annette Bening stars as Dorothea Fields and Elle Fanning as Julie Hamlin. The most recent award Rudy Vallee achieved is National Board of Review, USA. The upcoming new movie Rudy Vallee plays is 20th Century Women which will be released on Jan 20, 2017.

Rudy Vallee started his career as a saxophone player and singer and later became a bandleader. In the 1920s and early '30s he had a hit radio program, The Fleishmann's Yeast Hour (although his explosive, ego-driven personality made his cast and crew hate him). In the early 1930s he was ranked with the likes of Bing Crosby and the tragic Russ Columbo in the Hit Parade. A huge hit on radio in 1933 with his program, initially known as 'The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour,' Vallee was considered a slavedriver by his staff. He was known to instigate fist fights with virtually anyone who got on his nerves. During his show's run he slugged photographers, threw sheet music at pianists' heads, and socked hecklers in their noses. While audiences loved him, most of his staff hated him. As a very popular star in nightclubs, on records, and in movies, he helped other singers, such as Alice Faye--who was his band singer for a while--and Frances Langford to start their careers. In his early movies he often played the romantic lead, but later he switched to stuffy and comic parts. He also appeared on Broadway. The mid-'60s Broadway hit "How To Succeed in Business Without Really Trying" was filmed in 1967 with him in his original Broadway role.