Ray Bolger with Christianna Rickard (03/23/2021)

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Uncle Ray said, "My life is loving people. It's a difficult kind of world to live in, but it's a great world, because I get satisfaction and I don't have any hang-ups about it! I belong to the people. As long as I can send them home saying, 'Gee, he made me feel happy, ' well, that's my life! That's what I work for, to give people joy." -Christianna Rickard

Ray Bolger was born Raymond Wallace Bolger on January 10, 1904 in Dorchester, Massachusetts, and began his career in vaudeville. He was signed to a contract with MGM and his first role was as himself in The Great Ziegfeld (1936). This was soon followed by a role opposite Eleanor Powell in the romantic comedy Rosalie (1937). This got him noticed by MGM producers and resulted in his being cast in his most famous role as the Scarecrow in The Wizard of Oz (1939).

After this, Bolger went to Broadway, where he received his greatest satisfaction winning the Tony award in 1948 for his lead role in the hit musical, "Where's Charley?" which was co-produced by his wife, Gwen Rickard. In 1953, he turned to television and received his own sitcom, Where's Raymond? (1953), later changed to "The Ray Bolger Show". In 1985, he co-hosted the documentary film That's Dancing! (1985) with Liza Minnelli. Ray Bolger died of bladder cancer in Los Angeles, California on January 15, 1987, five days after his 83rd birthday.

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