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Mickey Rooney

Actor
22 September 1920 to 5 April 2014

A pint-sized American actor who made his stage debut at less than 18 months old, Rooney found fame as a child star in silent cinema. He signed with MGM in 1934 and starred in hits including A Family Affair (1937) and Babe In Arms (1939). In a screen career spanning 10 decades he amassed over 300 screen credits, received four Oscar nominations, and won two honorary Oscars

- Read Mickey Rooney's Guardian obituary here