Louis Francis Cristillo was born on March 6, 1906, in Paterson, New Jersey. He married Anne Battler, a burlesque dancer, on January 30, 1934. The couple had four children: Patricia, Carole, Christine and Lou Jr. They were among the most popular and highest-paid entertainers in the world during World War II. Their popularity waned due to overexposure and their film and television contracts lapsed.
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Louis Francis Cristillo was born on March 6, 1906, in Paterson, New Jersey. He married Anne Battler, a burlesque dancer, on January 30, 1934. The couple had four children: Patricia, Carole, Christine and Lou Jr. They were among the most popular and highest-paid entertainers in the world during World War II. Their popularity waned due to overexposure and their film and television contracts lapsed. The partnership ended soon afterwards. The team’s signature routine, \”Who’s on First?\”, made its radio debut on The Kate Smith Hour, a popular radio variety show, in 1938. Among their most popular films are Buck Privates, Who Hold That Ghost, My Time of Their Lives, The Invisible Man Meet Frankenstein and Meet the Invisible Man. The duo made 36 films from 1940 to 1956, and went on a 35-day tour of the U.S. in the summer of 1942, selling USD 85 million in war bonds in 35 days. They had a much-shortened version of their classic routine, ‘Who’s On First?’, released in early 1941. They immediately became the Box Office Stars of the World. They also starred in a Broadway musical, The Streets of Paris, in which they performed their famous routine.
They appeared in a number of other movies, including The Battle of the Century, The Trail of ’98, and One Night in the Tropics. They died of natural causes on August 15, 1956, in New York City, after a long battle with lung cancer. They are survived by their four children, all of whom were born in New Jersey, and their daughter, Christine, who was born in 1947. They have a son, Lou Jr., and a daughter, Patricia, who were both born in 1956. The last of the Costello-Abbott duo to die was Lou Costello, who died of lung cancer on August 14, 1958. The two are buried in Metuchen, New York. The Costello and Abbott partnership ended in 1961. The Abbott and Costello Show is still on the air today, with a new series on PBS starting on October 1, 2013, at 8 p.m. ET. For more information, visit www.pbs.org/news/entertainment/Lou-Costello-and-Bud Abbott-The-Double-Routine and The-Triumph of The Triumph-of-The World-wide-Comedy Series on October 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, and 28.
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