W.C. Fields
Biography
William Claude Dukenfield was the eldest of five children born to Cockney immigrant James Dukenfield and Philadelphia native Kate Felton. He went to school for four years, then quit to work with his father selling vegetables from a horse cart. At eleven, after many fights with his alcoholic father (who hit him on the head with a shovel), he ran away from home. For a while he lived in a hole in the... show more
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Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Darby, Pennsylvania, USA
Birthday
January 29, 1880
Deathday
December 25, 1946
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