- Born
- Died
- Birth nameBenjamin Geisenfeld
- Nickname
- The Minstrel Man
- Benny Fields was born on June 14, 1894 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. He was an actor, known for Minstrel Man (1944), Somebody Loves Me (1952) and Mr. Broadway (1933). He was married to Blossom Seeley. He died on August 16, 1959 in New York City, New York, USA.
- SpouseBlossom Seeley(1921 - August 16, 1959) (his death)
- Minstrel and vaudeville actor.
- His wife was once his vaudeville partner.
- From 1921 he formed half of the Blossom Seeley-Benny Fields vaudeville team. Seeley sang ragtime, while Fields was what Bing Crosby once referred to as America's "first crooner".
- His and wife Blossom Seeley's fortune (estimated at $250,000) was lost in the stock market crash of 1929. In 1936 they filed for bankruptcy in a New York court.
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