1. Isadore Borsuk, better known as Bobby Breen, was a Canadian-born American actor and singer.
20 Facts About Bobby Breen
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Bobby Breen was a popular male child singer during the 1930s and reached major popularity with film and radio appearances.
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Bobby Breen's singing talent as a boy soprano was discovered at age three by his sister Sally, herself an aspiring musical student who was several years his senior.
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Bobby Breen went to Hollywood in 1935, where he received singing lessons from a vocal coach.
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Bobby Breen's debut saw him being top-billed with Henry Armetta as his co-star.
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Bobby Breen sang La donna e mobile, among other songs, in the movie.
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Bobby Breen signed a contract with Decca Records and had moderate success with a series of 78 rpm records in the late 1930s.
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Bobby Breen sang Ave Maria and the film's title song Rainbow on the River.
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Bobby Breen described the sudden voice change in a 1977 article:.
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Bobby Breen's popularity did not immediately wane during his hiatus, receiving mail from numerous fans across the United States and United Kingdom.
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Bobby Breen briefly returned to the screen in 1942 to appear as himself in Johnny Doughboy, starring Jane Withers.
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Bobby Breen enlisted in the infantry in the US Army during World War II.
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Bobby Breen was hospitalized in France in 1945 towards the end of the war.
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Bobby Breen did some theatre work as well as some radio appearances in New York during this period.
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Bobby Breen recorded briefly for the Motown label, singing on two singles, and produced an unreleased album in 1964, called Better Late Than Never.
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Berry Gordy had hoped for Bobby Breen to become his first white contracted artist, but ultimately changed his mind because the singer did not suit the type of music Motown produced.
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In 1953, Bobby Breen appeared on ABC's reality show, The Comeback Story, to explain how his career nose-dived as he entered his teen years and how he fought to recover.
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Bobby Breen married fashion model Jocelyn Lesh on November 9,1952.
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Bobby Breen married the president of the City of Hope National Medical Center, Audrey Howard, in around 1962.
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Bobby Breen died of natural causes in Pompano Beach, Florida, on September 19,2016, three days following the death of his wife.