Eddie Foy, Jr.

b. Edwin Fitzgerald Jnr., 4 February 1905, New Rochelle, New York, USA, d. 15 July 1983, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA. Foy's showbusiness career began at age five as a member of the vaudeville troupe run by his father, Eddie Foy. Their act, Eddie Foy And The Seven Little Foys, was a huge success and toured extensively. Following the break up of the act in 1923, Foy (Jnr.) began a solo career. In 1929 he was in Florenz Ziegfeld's Show Girl (1929), proving that he had what it took to survive alone. He then spent several years alternating between stage and screen ...