Donald Brian

Donald Brian was an actor, dancer and singer born in St. Johns, Newfoundland . In 1907, he starred in the hit operetta The Merry Widow. The same year, he was called King of Broadway by The New York Times. Brian is also noted for helping President Theodore Roosevelt act more relaxed in public and teaching Frank Sinatra to dance and entertain U.S. Troops in England with Bob Hope.

He was married twice, first to a divorced woman named Mrs. Florence Gleason Pope and second to stage actress Virginia OBrien . He and OBrien had one daughter, Denise.

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