| Spouses | Ava Gardner (m. 1942; div. 1943) Martha Vickers (m. 1949; div. 1951) Elaine Devry (m. 1952; div. 1958) Barbara Ann Thomason (m. 1958; died 1966) Marge Lane (m. 1966; div. 1967) -
• At 5’2, Mickey Rooney may have been small in stature, but he had a huge personality and was one of the biggest stars in the heyday of the Golden Era of Hollywood. He had one of the longest careers of any entertainer, with a body of work that spans nine decades in the industry, including vaudeville, films, television, radio and the stage. Rooney was born Joe Yule, Jr. on September 23, 1920, in Brooklyn, New York. At 17 months old, he made his stage debut in his parent’s vaudeville act, and made his motion picture debut in 1926. In 1927, he starred in the first of several short films in the “Mickey Maguire” series, and adopted the stage name “Mickey Rooney.” He made 78 of these comedies, and also received great notices in films such as “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” (1935). Then in 1937, he made the film that would establish his star status. “A Family Affair” was the first of 16 films in which he played the popular • Mickey Rooney Jr.This article is about Mickey Rooney Jr.. For his father, see Mickey Rooney. American actor (1945–2022) Mickey Rooney Jr. |
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| Born | Ninnian Joseph Yule III[1]
(1945-07-03)July 3, 1945
Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
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| Died | July 16, 2022(2022-07-16) (aged 77)
Glendale, Arizona, U.S. |
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| Occupation | Actor |
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| Years active | 1955–1980 |
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| Spouses | Merci Montello (m. 1967; div. 1986) Laura Hollander (m. 1986; died 2006) Christi L. Brown (m. 2007) |
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Mickey Rooney Jr. (born Ninnian Joseph Yule III; July 3, 1945 – July 16, 2022) was an American actor. He was the eldest son of the actor Mickey Rooney, and operated the Rooney Entertainment Group, a film and television production company. He was a born-again Christian who had an evangelical ministry in Hemet, Californ 
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