Calloway
Americannoun
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The cast includes William Warfield, Leontyne Price and Cab Calloway, who at one point is shown scat-singing in a Vienna tavern, a born entertainer caught in a wonderfully loose, lithe and swinging performance.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
Sweeney is currently starring as Millie Calloway in The Housemaid, which is based on the 2022 novel of the same name by Freida McFadden.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025
Or,” he concludes, “it might be Cab Calloway going, ‘Danny, you weren’t as good as me, but you were ok.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 22, 2025
She continued, "The greatest service I, Caroline Calloway, could provide in these times of high anxiety and high stress is entertainment."
From Salon • Oct. 10, 2024
She said, “Ma’am? Mercy, Miss Thomas, your guest has some real fine manners. I can tell that he isn’t one of those rude, crude folks Mr. Calloway usually scours up.”
From "Bud, Not Buddy" by Christopher Paul Curtis
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