As I was sorting through old negatives from the 1960s, I came across an envelope labeled “Edgar Bergen at Sunshine Mission, Tues. Oct. 22/63.” What was Edgar Bergen, the famed ventriloquist whose ...

Ventriloquist Edgar Bergen received a special wooden Oscar in 1937 for his comedic creation, Charlie McCarthy. Bergen's career spanned live theater, radio, and film, and he appeared in 14 movies. The ...

I still remember the first time I ever saw a ventriloquist in action. The legendary Edgar Bergen and his dummy sidekicks, Charlie McCarthy and Mortimer Snerd, appeared on an episode of The Muppet Show ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This Charlie McCarthy ventriloquist ...

Actress Frances Bergen died at Cedars-Sinai on Oct.2 following a lengthy illness. She was 84 years old. She was the widow of world-famous ventriloquist Edgar Bergen. She is survived by her daughter ...

Born May 9, 1946, in Beverly Hills, California to famed ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and model Frances Westerman Bergen, Candice Patricia Bergen got her start in showbiz as part of her father’s puppet ...

Autograph, pencil on pink paper, of ventriloquist, Edgar Bergen. The donor, Dreda K. Schieller, described how she acquired the signatures: "In 1938, Blanche Calloway and her band was appearing on ...

ERLANGER, Ky. — For years, ventriloquism has held a reputation as being dorky at best, sinister at worst. Even now it summons up horror movies about a homicidal dummy, or a homicidal ventriloquist, or ...