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Bill Murray
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September 21, 1950 in Wilmette, IL
Biography:Of the many performers to leap into films from the springboard of the television sketch comedy series "Saturday Night Live", "Bill Murray" has been among the most successful and unpredictable, forging an idiosyncratic career allowing him to stretch from low-brow slapstick farce to intelligent adult drama. Born in Wilmette, IL, on September 21, 1950, "Murray" was an incorrigible child, kicked out of both the Boy Scouts and Little League. At the age of 20, he was also arrested for attempting to smuggle close to nine pounds of marijuana through nearby O'Hare Airport. In an attempt to find direction in his life, he joined his older brother, "Brian Doyle-Murray", in the cast of Chicago's Second City improvisational comedy troupe. He later relocated to New York City, joining radio's National Lampoon Hour. Both "Murray" siblings were also in a 1975 off-Broadway spin-off, also dubbed The National Lampoon Hour;... Full Biography
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Bill Murray and Meredith Patterson in "Broken Flowers"
Bill Murray in "Broken Flowers"
Bill Murray and Julie Delpy in "Broken Flowers"
Mark Webber and Bill Murray in "Broken Flowers"
Bill Murray in "City of Ember" (Fox Walden)
Bill Murray in "City of Ember" (Fox Walden)
Bill Murray in "City of Ember" (Fox Walden)
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