The American actor that plays Chumlee is from Ireland and Boston.
Gertrude Colburn -LRB- born in Maryland around 1886 , died 1968 -RRB- was an American dancer and sculptor .. Colburn was a dance teacher from 1916 to 1931 at the Peabody Conservatory in Baltimore , but took up sculpting after an accident ended her teaching career .. Peabody Conservatory. Peabody Conservatory. Her sculptures , often depicting dancers in motion , were created in bronze , plaster , and ceramics , in a broadly Art Deco style .. bronze. bronze. plaster. plaster. ceramics. ceramics. Art Deco. Art Deco. Colburn 's plaster cast of the hands of the Swiss-born American artist Adolfo Muller-Ury -LRB- 1862 -- 1947 -RRB- now belongs to the Preservation Society of Newport County in Rhode Island .. plaster. plaster. plaster cast. plaster cast. Adolfo Muller-Ury. Adolfo Muller-Ury. Preservation Society of Newport County. Preservation Society of Newport County. Rhode Island. Rhode Island. It was formerly in the collection of the radio soprano Jessica Dragonette and the University of Wyoming at Laramie .. Jessica Dragonette. Jessica Dragonette. University of Wyoming. University of Wyoming. Laramie. Laramie, Wyoming. According to the 1940 US Census , Colburn lived at 380 Riverside Drive , New York City .