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Pinky Lee (May 2, 1907 – April 3, 1993) was an American actor of stage, screen, radio, and television. He is best known as a children’s TV personality of the 1950s.
Born Pincus Leff in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Lee began his career as Pincus Leff with showman Gus Edwards in vaudeville. In January 1925, he was hired by Betty Felsen to be a dancer in the acclaimed Boderick & Felsen vaudeville dancing act. Pincus Leff soon became a featured tap dancer in the act and was often mentioned in advertisements, notices, and reviews. He was part of the act throughout 1925 during its headline tour on the B.F. Keith vaudeville circuit throughout the Mid-West and East. In early 1926, he left the act to pursue his career on stage and in film and television. He worked as a comic of the “baggy pants” variety on stage, becoming an expert at slapstick and comic dancing. In 1929 he was getting excellent notices for his participation in “Speed Show,” an 18-minute stage prologue preceding the first-run film The Singing Fool: “Pinkie Leff, the only member allowed an encore though his wonderful acrobatic and eccentric steps.”
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