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CodeDS/UK/3561
NameAmes and Arno (1937)
Variations of NameElsie Ames and Nick Arno
Dates1937
GenderGroup (Mixed)
Place of Birth/OriginUnited States (formed)
RelationshipsMembers:
Nicholas “Arno” Casamassima, or Nick Casa
Elsie Ames, born Elsie Lehman
BiographyHusband and wife vaudeville stage act, Ames and Arno, first appeared on film in 1937. This was a dance specialty for the Paramount short 'Double or Nothing.'

Nick, born in Greenwich Village, New York City (1 July 1903-5 August 1958) was a stage performer and actor. Elsie, born in New Jersey (18 May 1902-3 May 1983) was a comedienne and co-starred with Buster Keaton in a few of his Columbia shorts. They married in about 1924 in New York.

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