Mel brooks actor biography sites
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Mel Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926 in Brooklyn, New York. He served in WWII, and afterwards got a job playing the drums at nightclubs in the Catskills. Brooks eventually started a comedy act and also worked in radio and as Master Entertainer at Grossinger's Resort before going to television.
He was a writer for, Your Show of Shows (1950)Caesar's Hour (1954) and wrote the Broadway show Shinbone Alley. He also worked in the creation of The 2000 Year Old Man (1975) and Get Smart (1965) before embarking on a highly successful film career in writing, acting, producing and directing.
Brooks is famous for the spoofs of different film genres that he made such as Blazing Saddles (1974), History of the World: Part I (1981), Silent Movie (1976), Young Frankenstein (1974), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), High Anxiety (1977), Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995), and Spaceballs (1987).
BornJune 28, 1926
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Mel Brooks
(1926-)
Who Is Mel Brooks?
Filmmaker Mel Brooks has directed a number of classic film comedies including The Producers, Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein. A writer, producer, director and actor, Brooks has earned an Academy Award and multiple Emmy, Grammy and Tony Awards. He was married to Academy Award-winning actress Anne Bancroft for more than four decades.
Early Life
Brooks was born Melvin Kaminsky on June 28, 1926, in Brooklyn, New York to Kate Brookman and Max Kaminsky. The young Brooks worked as a comic in his neighborhood and learned how to play the drums as a teen from music legend Buddy Rich. He served in World War II and when he returned home he worked as an entertainer at resorts in the Catskills for a time.
Films
'Get Smart' and 'The Producers'
Brooks had a television hit of his own as the co-creator with Buck Henry of Get Smart, a series starring Don Adams that debuted in 1965 and parodied the spy genre. After working on an animated short, The Critic, which won a 1964 Academy Award, Brooks made his feature-length film debut writing and directing The Producers in 1968. The screwball comedy starred Zero Mostel and Gene Wilder as greedy Broadway producers who knowingly put on a play — Springtime for Hitler — that's in appall
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Mel Brooks
| Mel Brooks | |
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Brooks in Apr 2010 | |
| Birth name | Melvin Kaminsky |
| Born | (1926-06-28) June 28, 1926 (age 98) Brooklyn, New Royalty City, U.S. |
| Medium | Cinema, television Musical theatre |
| Nationality | American |
| Years active | 1949–present |
| Genres | Farce, parody |
| Subject(s) | Comedy |
| Influences | George M. Cohan Jack Benny Bob Hope Harry Ritz Fred Astaire Gene Kelly |
| Influenced | Robin Playwright, Jim Carrey, Andy Samberg |
| Spouse | Florence Baum (1953-62, divorced), 3 children Anne Bancroft (1964-2005, make up for death), 1 child (Max Brooks) |
| Notable activity and roles | The Producers Blazing Saddles Young Frankenstein, History inducing the Cosmos, Part 1 |
| Best Creative Screenplay 1968 The Producers | |
| Outstanding Handwriting for a Variety, Symphony or Chaffing Program 1967 The Sid Statesman, Imogene Bush, Carl Reiner and Player Morris Special Outstanding Guest Event - Chaffing Series 1997, 1998, 1999 Mad Meditate You | |
| Best Musical 2001 The Producers Best Book cut into a Musical 2001 The Producers Best Creative Score 2001 The Producers | |
| Best Newborn Musical 2005 The Producers | |
| Best Wordless Comedy Album 1999 2000 Year Age Man Best Apologize Form Masterpiece Video 2002 Recording 'The Producers': A Musical Miss with Mel Brooks Best Lyrical S | |