Actor Mickey Rooney, who became the United States’ biggest movie star while still a brash teenager in the 1930s and later a versatile character actor in a career that spanned 10 decades, died on Sunday. He was 93, died after a long illness.
Rooney, who spent almost his entire life in show business, teamed up with Judy Garland in the 1939 movie musical “Babes in Arms.” He also starred with Elizabeth Taylor in 1944’s “National Velvet,” which launched Taylor’s career. Rooney was best known for his role as Andy Hardy, the popular all-American teenager, which he portrayed in about 20 movies.
Rooney was married eight times, the first time to screen beauty Ava Gardner.
