American Entertainers

Actors & Actresses

Bill Cosby (born 1937)

• Internet Movie Database
• John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts

Lucille Ball (1911–1989)

• Internet Movie Database
• Time 100
• National Women's Hall of Fame
• PBS: American Masters
• Biography.com

Animation/Comics/Puppetry

Walt Disney (1901-1966) Mickey Mouse

• Walt Disney Official Website
  Very complete information
• Just Disney
  Information linked to Disney products and business.
• Time 100: Walt Disney
• Internet Movie Database

Jim Henson (1936-1990) The Muppets

• Time 100: Jim Henson
• Internet Movie Database
• Mississippi Writers Page
• Official Henson Website

Chuck Jones (1912–2002) Bugs Bunny

• Academy of Achievement
• PBS: Great Performances
• Internet Movie Database
• Official Chuck Jones Website

Charles M. Schultz (1922 - 2000) Peanuts

• Charles M. Schulz Museum
• Obits.com

Musicians

Louis Armstrong (1922 - 2000)

• Time 100
• Red Hot Jazz
• PBS: Jazz

Francis Scott Key (1779 - 1843) "The Star-Spangled Banner" composer

• US Flag.org
• National Park Service: Fort McHenry
• Virtual Museum of History

John Philip Sousa (1854 - 1932) "The March King"

• Library of Congress
• PBS: Thinktank
  Transcript for "Who Was John Philip Sousa?"

John Towner Williams (born 1932) composer

• Internet Movie Database
• Official John Williams Website