Thomas Dilward (c. 1817 – July 9, 1887) was an entertainer who appeared in blackface minstrel shows from 1853 until the early 1880s under the name Japanese...
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Dawson, YouTuber, actor, and comedian Neil Diamond in The Jazz Singer Thomas Dilward, 1850s-1870s dwarf minstrel performer George Washington Dixon, 1820s-1830s...
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also interred there, he was moved to the Cemetery of the Evergreens) Thomas Dilward (1817–1887), Minstrel performer credited with having invented the word...
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winter Carnival in 1969.) In the 1840s and '50s, William Henry Lane and Thomas Dilward became the first African Americans to perform on the minstrel stage...
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reliable sources, which put it just above or near 3 feet (91cm). D.^ Thomas Dilward's height was between 23 and 36 inches tall, his highest estimated height...
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their popularity waned as a result. Adding the African American dwarf Thomas Dilward to their ranks in the late 1860s (under the stage name "Japanese Tommy")...
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1961- Filipina actress, television host and producer Japanese Tommy Thomas Dilward c.1817-1887 American entertainer Little Tony Antonio Ciacci 1941-2013...
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