Who was a American actress, dancer, and singer, which introduced the song "They all Laughed"?
They All Laughed (song) "They All Laughed" is a song composed by George Gershwin, with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, written for the 1937 film "Shall We Dance" where it was introduced by Ginger Rogers as part of a song and dance routine with Fred Astaire. The lyrics compare those who "laughed at me, wanting you" with those who laughed at some of history's famous scientific and industrial pioneers, asking, "Who's got the last laugh now?" People and advances mentioned are Christopher Columbus's proof the earth is round; Thomas Edison's phonograph; Guglielmo Marconi's wireless telegraphy; the Wright brothers's first flight; the Rockefeller Center; Eli Whitney's cotton gin; Robert Fulton's "North River Steamboat"; Milton S. Hershey's Hershey bar chocolate; and Henry Ford's "Tin Lizzy" Model T car.
Mary Eaton Mary Eaton (January 29, 1901 – October 10, 1948) was a leading American stage actress, singer, and dancer in the 1910s and 1920s. A professional performer since childhood, she enjoyed success in stage productions such as the "Ziegfeld Follies" and early sound films such as "Glorifying the American Girl" and "The Cocoanuts," but found her career in sharp decline by the mid-1930s. A battle with alcoholism led to her death in 1948 from liver failure.