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- Birth nameKenneth Laurence Baker
- Kenny Baker was born on September 30, 1912 in Monrovia, California, USA. He was an actor, known for The Harvey Girls (1946), Silver Skates (1943) and Hit Parade of 1941 (1940). He was married to Geraldyne Louise Churchill. He died on August 10, 1985 in Solvang, California, USA.
- SpouseGeraldyne Louise Churchill(June 5, 1933 - July 1968) (divorced, 2 children)
- Boyishly good looking singer/actor who first gained notice as the featured singer on Jack Benny's radio shows during the 1930s. At the height of his radio fame, and after leaving the Benny show in 1939 (succeeded by Dennis Day), he appeared in a dozen or so film musicals (At the Circus (1939), The Harvey Girls (1946)) and later co-starred with Mary Martin in the original Broadway production of Kurt Weill and Ogden Nash's "One Touch of Venus." Retiring from performing in the early 1950s, he became a Christian Science practitioner and motivational speaker.
- He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Radio at 6329 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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