Ed Wynn
Birthday: 9 November 1886, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Birth Name: Isaiah Edwin Leopold
Height: 183 cm
An old-fashioned comedian, who, by recommendation by his son Keenan Wynn, became one of the world's most beloved clowns, and one of the best actors of his time. He was born on November 9, 1886. He performed in the Ziegfeld Follies, and later had a son Keenan in 1916. He later wrote his own shows, then known as the Perfect Fool. In 1941 at age ...
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An old-fashioned comedian, who, by recommendation by his son Keenan Wynn, became one of the world's most beloved clowns, and one of the best actors of his time. He was born on November 9, 1886. He performed in the Ziegfeld Follies, and later had a son Keenan in 1916. He later wrote his own shows, then known as the Perfect Fool. In 1941 at age 54, he became a grandfather. He became popular for roles throughout the 1950s and 1960s, best remembered for The Ed Wynn Show (1949), and for Mary Poppins (1964) as Uncle Albert, who reflects his old style charm. He continued to perform, until he died in 1966 at age 79. Show less «
Wasn't it Whistler who said that a great painter was one who could hide the effort which he put into...Show more »
Wasn't it Whistler who said that a great painter was one who could hide the effort which he put into his work? The same thing goes for gags. It often takes hours to think up something that is said in seconds. Show less «
[on performing in radio] If I go on the air I've got to have an audience. If I am to get 'raspberrie...Show more »
[on performing in radio] If I go on the air I've got to have an audience. If I am to get 'raspberries' I want them immediately and not three weeks later, in the mail from Sioux City. Show less «
I'll be back in a flash with more trash. - his famous exit line
I'll be back in a flash with more trash. - his famous exit line
A comedian says funny things. A comic says things funny.
A comedian says funny things. A comic says things funny.
I can't give you a definition [of humor]. It is too subtle to be pinned down. I can say that it diff...Show more »
I can't give you a definition [of humor]. It is too subtle to be pinned down. I can say that it differs from wit, which exaggerates the truth, while humor presents the truth in an original way. Show less «
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Annabelle: Creation
IMDb: 7
2017
109 min
Country: United States
Genre: Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Twelve years after the tragic death of their little girl, a dollmaker and his wife welcome a nun and several girls from a shuttered orphanage into ...