Mickey Rooney

Born on September 23, 1920 in Brooklyn, New York, Mickey Rooney was an American actor. As a toddler, he made his first stage appearance in his parents’ vaudeville act and, in 1937, played Andy Hardy in the first of 15 films. He co-starred with Judy Garland in a successful series of musicals, including Babes in Arms, and was awarded a special juvenile Academy Award in 1938. Rooney continued to work as a character actor into his ’90s. He died on April 6, 2014 at the age of 93.