| Al Jolson  AKA Asa Yoelson
Born: 26-May-1886
Birthplace: Srednik, Lithuania
Died: 23-Oct-1950
Location of death: San Francisco, CA
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Hillside Memorial Park, Culver City, CA
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Singer Nationality: United States
Executive summary: The Jazz Singer Wife: Henrietta Keller (m. 1906, div. 26-Jun-1919)
Wife: Ethel Delmar (m. 18-Aug-1922, div. 1926)
Wife: Ruby Keeler (actress and Ziegfeld girl, m. 21-Sep-1928, div. 26-Dec-1939)
Wife: Erle Chennault Galbraith (m. 24-Mar-1945, until his death)
Son: Asa Albert Jolson (b. 1948, d. 4-Mar-2015, adopted, with Erle, music executive)
Daughter: Alicia (b. 1949, adopted, with Erle)
Son: Al Jolson, Jr. (b. 1935, adopted, with Ruby)
Brother: Harry Jolson (b. 1884, d. 1952)
Father: Moses Reuben Yoelson (rabbi)
Mother: Naomi Cantor (d. when Al was 10)
Hollywood Anti-Nazi League
Endorsement of American Tobacco Company Lucky Strike cigarettes (1925, 28)
Hollywood Walk of Fame 6622 Hollywood Blvd.
Congressional Order of Merit (posthumously)
Ran Away From Home
Bankruptcy
Lithuanian Ancestry
Jewish Ancestry
Risk Factors: Malaria
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Rhapsody in Blue (22-Sep-1945) · Himself
Swanee River (29-Dec-1939)
Hollywood Cavalcade (13-Oct-1939) · Himself
Rose of Washington Square (5-May-1939) · Ted Cotter
The Singing Kid (3-Apr-1936)
Go Into Your Dance (20-Apr-1935)
Wonder Bar (28-Feb-1934)
Hallelujah I'm a Bum (3-Feb-1933) · Bumper
Mammy (26-Mar-1930)
Say It with Songs (6-Aug-1929)
The Singing Fool (19-Sep-1928)
The Jazz Singer (6-Oct-1927) · Jakie Rabinowitz
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