LOS ANGELES -- Mickey Rooney's approach to life was simple: "Let's put on a show!" He spent nine decades doing it, on the big screen, on television, on stage and in his extravagant personal life. A ...

Elizabeth Taylor and Mickey Rooney defined Hollywood stardom in their era—multiple marriages, major awards, and careers that ...

Leap Day, 1940. The city: Los Angeles. The place: the Ambassador Hotel’s Cocoanut Grove nightclub, where Hollywood’s biggest names were gathered for the 12th annual Academy Awards ceremony. Among the ...

Mickey Rooney's approach to life was simple: "Let's put on a show!" He spent nine decades doing it, on the big screen, on television, on stage and in his extravagant personal life. A superstar in his ...

Ninety-year-old actor testifies before senate committee on aging. March 2, 2011— -- Mickey Rooney spoke out against elder abuse before a senate committee on aging today. The 90-year-old actor has ...

Toward the end of the buoyant opening number of 2011’s “The Muppets,” Mickey Rooney pops into frame, an old-school newsboy cap turned backward atop his head and a time-erasing grin plastered across ...

(AP Photo/File) LOS ANGELES - Mickey Rooney's approach to life was simple: "Let's put on a show!" He spent nine decades doing it, on the big screen, on television, on stage and in his extravagant ...

The performance was among Rooney's finest. "Mickey Rooney, to me, is the closest thing to a genius I ever worked with," ''Human Comedy" director Clarence Brown once said. Brown also directed Rooney ...

WASHINGTON - Actor Mickey Rooney told Congress on Wednesday that he was left powerless by a family member who took and misused his money. "I felt trapped, scared, used and frustrated," Rooney told a ...

"I felt trapped, scared, used and frustrated," Rooney told a special Senate committee considering legislation to curb abuses of senior citizens. "But above all, when a man feels helpless, it's ...