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Billy Crystal
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Director, Producer, Screenwriter, Executive Producer, Actor
Born:
March 14, 1947 in Long Beach, Long Island, NY
Biography:The son of a jazz concert producer, "Billy Crystal" grew up in the company of such music legends as "Billie Holiday", "Pee Wee Russell", and Eddy Condon. His mind made up by age five, Crystal knew he wanted to become a performer -- not in music but in baseball or comedy. As he later explained to TV Guide, he chose comedy "because God made me short" -- though from all reports he is one of the best ball players in show business.

Learning how to make people laugh by studying the works of past masters Laurel and Hardy, "Ernie Kovacs", and "Jonathan Winters", Crystal began making the club rounds at 16. He was sidetracked briefly by New York University's film school, where he studied to be a director under "Martin Scorsese", but upon graduation it was back to comedy when Crystal formed his own troupe, 3's Company. On his own, he developed into an "observational" comic, humor based on his own experiences... Full Biography

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"Desperate Housewives" actress Felicity Huffman attends New York University's Tisch School of the...
Felicity Huffman attends New York University's Tisch School of the Arts' Gala Benefit hosted by...
Alec Baldwin with actress Lori Singer at Billy Crystal Hosts "Tisch On Broadway," at New York...
All Star Legend Wade Boggs, and comedians Whoopi Goldberg, center, and Billy Crystal laugh it up...
Comedians and co-hosts, from left, Billy Crystal, Whoopi Goldberg and Robin Williams sing and dance...
Billy Crystal and wife Janice Goldfinger
Billy Crystal and wife Janice Goldfinger
News
Nov. 18, 2009, 5:04 AM EST
Billy Crystal dons Cowboys jersey to help serve early holiday dinner for Dallas Salvation Army
Oct. 29, 2009, 2:04 PM EST
John Kenley, longtime summer theater producer in Ohio, dies at 103
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