HALL OF FAME
The contributions of Irish Americans in the arts have been astounding, whether in early Vaudeville, acting on stage and screen, literature, journalism, all manner of music, comedy, dance, and much more. CLICK ON THE NAMES BELOW to educate yourself about these women and men who have contributed greatly to the history of arts and entertainment in America.
Our Hall of Fame is comprised only of those who have passed on, and may they Rest in Peace.
VAUDEVILLE
FRED ALLEN
(Vaudeville actor/comic)
GRACIE ALLEN
(Actress/comedienne)
GEORGE M. COHAN
(Vaudeville entertainer)
BARNEY FAGAN
(Choreographer/co-inventor of tap dance)
HARRIGAN & HART
(Vaudeville entertainers)
RUBY KEELER
(Vaudeville dancer/actress)
BILLY MURRAY
(Vaudeville entertainer)
MUSIC
BUNNY BERIGAN
(jazz musician)
THE CLANCY BROTHERS
(traditional musicians)
ROSEMARY CLOONEY
(singer/actress)
BING CROSBY
(singer/actor)
TOMMY & JIMMY DORSEY
(jazz musicians)
MORTON DOWNEY
(singer)
RED FOLEY
(country musician)
JEANETTE MACDONALD
(singer/actress)
TOMMY MAKEM
(traditional musician)
THE McGUIRE SISTERS
(singers)
JIMMY McHUGH
(songwriter)
JIM MORRISON
(rock singer/Celtic mystic on acid)
HELEN O’CONNELL
(jazz singer)
BURLESQUE
FANNIE BELLE FLEMING AKA BLAZE STARR
(burlesque dancer)
MARY LOUISE “TEXAS” GUINAN
(Vaudeville entertainer/saloon keeper)
PATRICIA “BOOTS” MALLORY
(Zeigfield Follies dancer/actress)
EVELYN NESBIT
(chorus girl, chanteuse)
THE STAGE
MERCE CUNNINGHAM
(choreogapher)
HELEN HAYES
(actress/Grand Dame of the theater)
TOM O’HORGAN
(producer/director)
EUGENE O’NEILL
(playwright)
MOVIES & TELEVISION
PETER BOYLE
(actor)
EILEEN BRENNAN
(actress)
WALTER BRENNAN
(actor)
JAMES CAGNEY
(actor)
GEORGE CARLIN
(stand-up comedian/actor)
ART CARNEY
(actor)
JACKIE “THE KID” COOGAN
(actor)
DAN DAILEY
(actor)
ANDY DEVINE
(actor)
WALT DISNEY
(producer/animator/studio chief)
JAMES DUNN
(actor)
IRENE DUNN
(actress/singer)
EDDIE EGAN
(cop/actor)
CHRIS FARLEY
(comic performer/actor)
BARRY FITZGERALD
(actor)
GERALDINE FITZGERALD
(actress)
JOHN FORD
(movie director)
ERROL FLYNN
(actor)
JACKIE GLEASON
(actor/entertainer)
MERV GRIFFIN
(talk show host/producer)
JACK HALEY
(actor/dancer)
WILLIAM HICKEY
(actor)
JOHN HUSTON
(movie director/actor)
WALTER HUSTON
(actor)
BUSTER KEATON
(movie director/actor)
GENE KELLY
(actor/dancer)
GRACE KELLY
(actress)
DOROTHY MALONE
(actress)
THOMAS MITCHELL
(actor)
RICHARD MULLIGAN
(movie director)
AUDIE MURPHY
(war hero/actor)
EDMOND O’BRIEN
(actor)
MARGARET O’BRIEN
(actress)
PAT O’BRIEN
(actor)
CARROLL O’CONNOR
(actor)
DONALD O’CONNOR
(actor/dancer)
MAUREEN O’HARA
(actress)
MAUREEN O’SULLIVAN
(actress)
GREGORY PECK
(actor)
RONALD REAGAN
(actor/president)
PEGGY RYAN
(actress)
ROBERT RYAN
(actor)
ED SULLIVAN
(producer/presenter)
GENE TIERNEY
(actress)
LAWRENCE TIERNEY
(actor)
SPENCER TRACY
(actor)
RAOUL WALSH
(movie director)
WRITERS & POETS
RICHARD BRAUTIGAN
(writer)
BOB CALLAHAN
(writer/literary impresario)
JIMMY CANNON
(writer)
JIM CARROLL
(writer/poet/punk rocker)
DANIEL J. CASSIDY
(writer/linguist)
ROBERT CREELEY
(poet)
FR. EDDIE DOHERTY
(writer/priest)
PETER FINLEY DUNNE
(writer)
JOHN GREGORY DUNNE
(writer)
JAMES T. FARRELL
(writer)
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
(writer)
THOMAS FLANAGAN
(writer)
RALPH GLEASON
(writer)
GEORGE V. HIGGINS
(writer)
DOROTHY KILGALLEN
(writer)
GEORGE EDWARD KIMBALL
(writer)
ANNE McCAFFREY
(writer)
MARY McCARTHY
(writer)
FRANK McCOURT
(writer)
JOHN McNULTY
(writer)
MARGARET MITCHELL
(writer)
EDWIN O’CONNOR
(writer)
FLANNERY O’CONNOR
(writer)
JOHN O’HARA
(writer)
JOHN BOYLE O’REILLY
(writer)
JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE
(writer)
JOHN MICKEY SPILLANE
(writer)
THE PLASTIC ARTS
MATTHEW BRADY
(Civil War photographer)
FRANKLIN McMAHON
(artist/illustrator/reporter)
GEORGIA O’KEEFFE
(artist)
