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Events on Saturday 31 December 1938 2
1936 – 1938Child PerformerMade her radio debut at the age of four and her screen debut at six in the Vitaphone featurette Toyland Casino, singing Five and Ten Cent Soldiers on Parade.
1938Fled Nazi GermanyHis family fled Nazi Germany to escape anti-Jewish persecution, emigrating to New York City. Thirteen of his relatives would perish in the Holocaust.