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Mickey Rooney - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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Mickey Rooney was born in September 1920. His parents were vaudeville actors, his mother was American, and his father was Scottish. Since there was no one to leave the baby to, he was always close to his parents, in fact, he was actually born on stage - the due date came just when the mother participated in the vaudeville A Gaiety Girl.
Mickey first appeared on stage when he was a year and a half: during the next performance he crawled out from behind the curtains. And from the age of seventeen he began performing with his parents. When he was 4, his mother and father filed for divorce, and Rooney Jr. went to Kanazas to see his aunt. A little later, his mother took him to a casting for children, which Hal Roach arranged to select children for the filming of the short films Shoot.
Until the age of twelve, he played in more than fifty comedies. In 1935, a new film was released with Mickey Rooney in one of the main roles - a guy named Peck, and the tape was called A Midsummer Night's Dream. His performance in this motion picture is considered a role model for all aspiring actors.
By the end of 1930, Mickey had become one of the highest paid actors. As an adult, he married Ava Gardner. Around the same time, he was awarded a special Oscar for his unique manner of performing "teenage" roles.
Soon the Second World War began, and Rooney was drafted into the army, after the end of the war, the actor did not succeed in achieving his previous success, because he was not suitable for his teenage roles. The last lucrative work was a film starring Mickey Rooney, National Velvet. After that, he tried to create his own studio, but the venture failed, and the actor went bankrupt. Rooney took on any job, starred on television. And as a result, it was for television projects that he was awarded an Emmy and a Golden Globe.
Mickey Rooney has blue eyes, naturally dark hair, fair skin and medium lips. The shape of the face is oval, the forehead is medium, the hair is straight, gray. Mickey Rooney did not change his hair color, preferring natural. The actor has a medium wide nose and a rectangular chin. Mickey Rooney sometimes let go of his mustache and beard. The actor's height is 157 cm, no tattoos.
