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Ernie Kovacs: Biography

Birth Name: Ernest Edward Kovacs
Birth Place: Trenton, NJ
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 01/23/1919, Aquarius
Date of Death: 01/13/1962
Profession: Actor; comedian; producer; director; writer

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Ernie Kovacs Fast Facts:

Father was a Prohibition-era bootlegger.
From 1945 to '50, wrote a weekly humor column for the Trentonian (NJ) newspaper.
In 1953, despite gaining custody of his two daughters from his ex-wife, she disappeared with the girls and Kovacs didn't see them for almost two years before being reunited with them in 1955.
Died in 1962 at age 42 in a car accident in Los Angeles.
Jeff Goldblum portrayed him in the 1984 TV movie Ernie Kovacs: Between the Laughter.
A 1987 inductee into the Television Academy Hall of Fame.
Epitaph on his tombstone reads "Nothing in Moderation."

Ernie Kovacs Relationships:
Andrew Kovacs - Father
Bette Lee Wilcox - Ex-wife
Edie Adams - Wife
Elisabeth Lee Andrea Kovacs - Daughter
Kippie Raleigh Kovacs - Daughter
Mary Kovacs - Mother
Mia Susan Kovacs - Daughter
Thomas Kovacs - Half Brother
Ernie Kovacs Awards:
1958 Emmy: Best Comedy Writing - Nominee
1957 Emmy: Best Comedy Writing - Variety or Situation Comedy - Nominee
1957 Emmy: Best Continuing Performance by a Comedian in a Series - Nominee
1962 Emmy: Outstanding Achievement in Electronic Camera Work - Winner

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