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Vinony's link graph records 138 inbound references to Ken Page, and connects out to Kingdom Hearts II, Pollyanna and West End theatre.
It is catalogued under topics including 1954 births, 2024 deaths and 20th-century African-American male singers.
Vinony links it to 44 Wikipedia language editions.
Film & TV
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Page began in the chorus before making his Broadway debut in The Wiz playing The Cowardly Lion. He made a large number of stage appearances but also performed as a cabaret singer with an act entitled Page by Page. Page also appeared on screen making his television debut in 1984 and film debut in 1988's Torch Song Trilogy. He appeared as the voice of Oogie Boogie in…
Known for
- Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age — Self2021
- Shortcut to Happiness — Clerk2007
- Dreamgirls — Max Washington2006
- Broadway's Lost Treasures II — Performer (segment "Ain't Misbehavin'")2004
- Broadway's Lost Treasures — Old Deuteronomy (segment "Cats")2003
- All Grown Up!2003
- Cats — Old Deuteronomy1998
- Charmed — Adair1998
- Anyone Can Whistle: Live at Carnegie Hall — Police Chief Magruder1995
- I'll Do Anything — Hair Person1994
via TMDB
Key facts
- Born
- Kenneth Page , ( 1954-01-20 ) January 20, 1954, St. Louis , Missouri , U.S.
- Died
- September 30, 2024 (2024-09-30) (aged 70), St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.
- Alma mater
- Fontbonne College
- Occupations
- Actor singer
- Years active
- 1973–2024
- Genres
- Pop traditional pop musical theatre Blues R&B Soul
- Instruments
- Vocals
- Label
- LML Music
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ken
- Family name
- Page
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- St. Louis
- Place of death
- St. Louis
- Occupation
- cabaret performer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Award
- Theatre World Award
- Field of work
- musical
- Instrument
- voice
- Image
- Ken Page July 2017.jpg
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- Commons category
- Ken Page
- date of birth
- 1954-01-20
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- name in native language
- Kenneth Page
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
- writing language
- English language
- date of death
- 2024-09-30
- end of work period
- 2024-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Kenneth Page (January 20, 1954 – September 30, 2024) was an American actor and cabaret singer who created the part of Ken in the original Broadway production of Ain't Misbehavin' and played Old Deuteronomy in the original Broadway and filmed stage adaptation of Cats. He voiced Oogie Boogie in The Nightmare Before Christmas and Kingdom Hearts franchises, and played in the original Broadway production of The Wiz as The Lion and the first Broadway revival of Guys and Dolls as Nicely-Nicely Johnson.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ken Page” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.