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Rodney Dangerfield
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Screenwriter, Actor Born: November 22, 1921 in Babylon, Long Island, NY Death: October 5, 2004 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:If ever there was a "late bloomer," it was American comedian "Rodney Dangerfield". His father was a vaudeville pantomimist who was known professionally as Phil Roy, thus when Dangerfield struck out on his own stand-up comedy career at age 19 (he'd been writing jokes for other comics since 15), he called himself Jack Roy. For nine years he labored in some of the worst clubs on the East Coast, giving it all up at age 28 in order to support his new wife. Unfortunately, the marriage was an unhappy one, soon ending in divorce. In 1963 the comic returned to performing, using the name "Rodney Dangerfield" to distance himself from his miserable "Jack Roy" days. Four more years passed before Dangerfield finally got his big break on "The Ed Sullivan Show", for which he'd auditioned by sneaking in during a dress rehearsal. By this time, Dangerfield had fully developed his belligerently neurotic stage persona,... Full Biography
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