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Mickey Rooney is an icon of the American cinema, who has had one of the longest careers in movie history. Rooney began his work in film as a child star and maintained his popularity as an adult character actor. During the late 1930's and 1940's, he was one of the most popular movie stars in the world. Rooney is the recipient of two Academy Awards for his contributions to the industry.
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The Mickey Rooney Show was a comedy series about Mickey Mulligan who worked as a page for the ficticious International Broadcasting Company (IBC) in Los Angeles. Mickey had bigger plans though as he struggled to become an actor. Mickey and his girlfriend Pat... are the only two who felt he had a chance to succeed. His friends and employers are not supportive in any sense of the word.
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Mickey Rooney starred in "Hey Mulligan", as an aspiring young actor working as a page at the mythical International Broadcasting Company in Hollywood. Mulligan lives with his parents, played by Regis Toomey and Claire Carleton. His best friend and girlfriend played by Joey Forman and Carla Balenda work at IBS with Mulligan as he navigates the ins and outs of show business and monkey business at a large television studio.
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Rooney continues to work in film, and tours with his wife, Jan Chamberlin in a multi-media live stage production called Let's Put On a Show! Chamberlin met Mickey through his son, Mickey Jr., whom she had been dating at the time. On 26 May 2007, he was Grand Marshal at the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. It was announced that Rooney will be making his British pantomime debut, playing Baron Hardup in Cinderella, at the Sunderland Empire Theatre over the 2007 Christmas period. He appeared in Points West dressed in a fetching pair of shorts and socks. In 2008, Rooney will enter the Guinness Book of Records as the actor with longest career on both stage and screen.
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Mickey is joined by his wife, Jan Chamberlain Rooney, who provides the voice of Mother Goose. Jan currently tours with Mickey in their two person show "One Man, One Wife." She ... worked as an artist at Hanna-Barbera animation studios.
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