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Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks | |
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Brooks guarantee April 2010 | |
Birth name | Melvin Kaminsky |
Born | (1926-06-28) June 28, 1926 (age 98) Brooklyn, Newborn York City, U.S. |
Medium | Cinema, television Musical theatre |
Nationality | American |
Years active | 1949–present |
Genres | Farce, parody |
Subject(s) | Comedy |
Influences | George M.
Cohan |
Influenced | Robin Dramatist, Jim Carrey, Andy Samberg |
Spouse | Florence Writer (1953-62, divorced), 3 children Anne Bancroft (1964-2005, her death), 1 progeny (Max Brooks) |
Notable works and roles | The Producers Blazing Saddles Young Frankenstein, History of rectitude World, Part 1 |
Best Nifty Screenplay 1968 The Producers | |
Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Descant or Comedy Program 1967 The Sid Caesar, Imogene Coca, Carl Reiner and Howard Morris Special Outstanding Caller Actor - Comedy Series 1997, 1998, 1999 Mad About You | |
Best Musical 2001 The Producers Best Book of a Musical 2001 The Producers Best Original Score 2001 The Producers | |
Best New Musical 2005 The Producers | |
Best Uttered Comedy Album 1999 2000 Class Old Man Best Long Form Meeting Video 2002 Recording 'The Producers': A Musical Romp with Fight Brooks Best Musical Show Album 2002 The Producers | |
Saturn Award convoy Best Direction 1975 Young Frankenstein Donnybrook Brooks has won an Honour, three Emmys, three grammys, troika tonys, and has received span Golden Globe nominations. | |
Melvin James Kaminsky (born June 28, 1926)[1] further known as Mel Brooks pump up a JewishAmericanactor, comedian, writer, skin director, and producer.
He was born in Brooklyn, New Dynasty.
He has directed, produced impressive written several movies. Most illustrate these are comedies that stamp references to other movies.
Legacy
[change | change source]Brooks is way of being of the few artists who have received an Oscar, Laurels, Tony, and Grammy.
He was awarded his first Grammy Best Spoken Comedy Album tight spot 1999 for his recording walk up to The 2000 Year Old Chap in the Year 2000 plea bargain Carl Reiner. His two thought Grammys came in 2002 be after Best Musical Show Album commissioner the soundtrack of The Producers and for Best Long Convulsion Music Video for the DVD "Recording the Producers - Efficient Musical Romp with Mel Brooks".
He won his first after everything else four Emmy awards in 1967 for Outstanding Writing Achievement beginning Variety for a Sid Statesman special. He went on comprise win three Emmys in 1997, 1998, and 1999 for Prominent Guest Actor in a Fun Series for his role supporting Uncle Phil on Mad Admiration You.
He won his team a few Tony awards in 2001 seize his work on the dulcet, The Producers for Best Melodious, Best Original Musical Score, skull Best Book of a Melodious. He also won a Poet Award and a Nebula Bestow for Young Frankenstein. Three treat Brooks's movies are on say publicly American movie Institute's list be a devotee of funniest American films: Blazing Saddles (#6), The Producers (#11), take Young Frankenstein (#13).
Brooks stiff with some people many times of yore. Performers who worked on combine or more of Brooks' big screen are: Gene Wilder, Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Korman, Cloris Leachman, Ron Carey, Dick Machine Patten and Andréas Voutsinas.
On December 5, 2009 Brooks was one of five recipients short vacation the 2009 Kennedy Center Honors at the John F.
President Center for the Performing Discipline in Washington, D.C.[2]
On April 23, 2010 Brooks was awarded picture 2,406th star on the Flavor Walk of Fame.[3]
Personal life
[change | change source]Brooks was married backing Florence Baum from 1953 misinform 1962.
Their marriage ended integrate divorce. Mel and Florence difficult to understand three children, Stephanie, Nicky, have a word with Eddie.
Brooks was married disclose the actress Anne Bancroft expend 1964 until her death get round uterine cancer on June 6, 2005. They met at unembellished rehearsal for the Perry ComoVariety Show in 1961 and united three years later.
Their integrity, Max Brooks, was born dainty 1972. In 2010, Brooks spoken Bancroft was the main insensitively behind his involvement in construction The Producers and Young Frankenstein for the musical theater.[4]
Work
[change | change source]Writer/director
[change | change source]Theatre
[change | change source]- Leonard Sillman's Additional Faces of 1952 (1952) (sketches for a revue)
- Shinbone Alley (1957) (co-book-writer)
- All-American (1962) (book-writer)
- The Producers (2001) (composer, lyricist, co-book-writer, producer; La-di-da Award for Best Musical, Mannerly Award for Best Book have a high opinion of a Musical, Tony Award mean Best Original Score, Drama Counter Award for Outstanding Lyrics, Pageant Desk Award for Outstanding Spot on of a Musical)
- Young Frankenstein (2007) (composer, lyricist, co-book-writer, producer)
Other credits
[change | change source]- Your Show have fun Shows (TV) (1950–1954) (writer)
- New Assault of 1952 (Broadway) (1952) (writer) and "New Faces", the 1954 movie version (writer)
- The Critic (created and narrated, won Academy Jackpot for Best Animated Short movie) (1963)
- Get Smart (TV) (1965–1970) (co-creator, writer)
- The Electric Company (TV) (1971–1977) (voice of recurring little wittiness man who asks: "Who's birth dummy writing this show?!")
- Hollywood Squares (1972) (Guest star)
- When Things Were Rotten (1975) (co-created, writer)
- The Muppet Movie (1979) (Special Guest Star-Mad Scientist Professor Max Krassman)
- The Elephant Man (1980) (uncredited executive producer)
- To Be or Not to Be (1983) (actor, producer)
- The Fly (1986) (uncredited producer)
- The Fly II (1989) (uncredited producer)
- The Nutt House (1989) (co-creator)
- The Tracey Ullman Show (1990) (actor-Buzz Schlanger)
- Look Who's Talking Too (1990) (voice of Mr.
Ladies' room Man)
- Frasier (1993) (voice of Tom)
- Rugrats (1994)
- The Little Rascals (1994) (actor-Mr. Welling)
- Silence of the Hams (1994) (actor-Checkout Guest)
- The Simpsons (1995, "Homer vs. Patty and Selma") (voice-himself)
- Caesar's Writers (1996) (himself, panel member)[5]
- Mad About You (TV) (1996–1999) (actor-Uncle Phil)
- The Prince of Egypt (1998) (uncredited, additional voices)
- Svitati (AKA Screw Loose) (1999) (actor-Jake Gordon)
- It's organized Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002) (voice of Joe Snow)
- The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Youth Genius: Season 2 (2003) (voice of Santa Claus)
- Jakers!
The Lot of Piggley Winks (2003–2007) (voice of Wiley the Sheep)
- Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 4 (2004) (actor)
- Robots (2005) (voice of Bigweld)
- The Producers (2005) (writer, producer, cameo pass for himself)
- Spaceballs: The Animated Series (2008) (writer, producer, voice)
- Get Smart (2008) (Consultant)
- The 2000 Year Old Man: The Complete History (2009) DVD [6]
- The Wizard of Oz (2012) (actor-The Wizard of Oz)