Edgar Bergen
Edgar John Berggren
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A Chicago native who taught himself ventriloquism from a pamphlet and later refined the craft under veteran Harry Lester, Edgar John Bergen fashioned the red-haired dummy Charlie McCarthy from a woodcarver’s model and a broomstick backbone, launching a lifelong partnership that defined his career. After early vaudeville gigs and brief appearances in one-reel movie shorts, Bergen’s radio breakthrou…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources