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Johnny Carson: Biography

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Birth Name: John William Carson
Birth Place: Corning, IA
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 10/23/1925, Libra
Date of Death: 01/23/2005
Profession: TV host; comedian

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Johnny Carson Fast Facts:

Wrote a humor column for his high-school newspaper.
While still in college, he made his radio debut on a Nebraska station, creating a Western comedy show.
Senior thesis at the University of Nebraska was titled "How to Write Comedy Jokes."
Made his TV acting debut on a 1957 Playhouse 90 adaptation of the stage farce Three Men and a Horse. The cast also included Jack Carson and Carol Channing.
Hosted the Academy Awards five times ('79, '80, '81, '82 and '84).
Received the Presidential Medal of Fredom (1992) and a Kennedy Center Honors Lifetime Achievement Award (1993). Was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame in 1987.
Is the celebrity with the second-most TV Guide cover appearances: 29 (Lucille Ball is first, with 34).

Johnny Carson Relationships:
Alexis Maas Carson - Wife
Catherine Carson - Sister
Christopher Carson - Son
Cory Carson - Son
Dick Carson - Brother
Homer Carson - Father
Joan Wolcott Carson - Ex-wife
Joanna Holland Carson - Ex-wife
Joanne Copeland Carson - Ex-wife
Richard Wolcott Carson - Son
Ruth Hook Carson - Mother
Johnny Carson Awards:
1976 Golden Globe: Best Performance by an Actor in a Television Series - Musical or Comedy - Nominee
1965 Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Nominee
1985 Peabody: Personal Award - Winner
1979 Emmy: Outstanding Program Achievement - Special Class - Winner
1980 Emmy: Outstanding Program Achievement - Special Class - Nominee
1974 Emmy: Outstanding Music-Variety Series - Nominee
1987 Emmy: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program - Nominee
1992 Emmy: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program (series) - Winner
1984 Emmy: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program - Nominee
1991 Emmy: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program - Nominee
1983 Emmy: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program - Nominee
1981 Emmy: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program - Nominee
1971 Emmy: Outstanding Variety Series - Talk - Nominee
1972 Emmy: Outstanding Variety Series - Talk - Nominee
1977 Emmy: Special Classification of Outstanding Program Achievement - Winner
1978 Emmy: Special Classification of Outstanding Program Achievement - Winner
1985 Emmy: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program - Nominee
1986 Emmy: Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program - Nominee
1987 People's Choice Awards: Favorite Talk Show Host - Winner
College:
University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (BA, 1949)