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Jonathan Winters: Biography

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  • Birth Name: Jonathan Harshman Winters III
  • Birth Place: Dayton, OH
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 11/11/1925, Scorpio
  • Profession: Actor; comedian; author; painter
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Jonathan Winters Fast Facts:
  • Served in the Marine Corps in the South Pacific during World War II.
  • Began his show-business career as a disc jockey on a Dayton, Ohio, radio station in the late 1940s.
  • Showcased his trademark improvisational skills and offbeat characters in the early '70s ad-libbed variety show Wacky World of Jonathan Winters.
  • Won the Kennedy Center's Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in 2000.
  • Accomplished visual artist with a collection of abstract paintings and drawings.
  • Jonathan Winters Relationships:
  • Jonathan H. Winters IV - Son
  • Eileen Schauder Winters - Wife (deceased)
  • Alice Kilgore - Mother
  • Lucinda - Daughter
  • Jonathan Harshman Winters Jr. - Father
  • Jonathan Winters Awards:
  • 1991 Emmy: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series - Winner
  • 2003 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
  • College:
  • Attended Kenyon College, Gambier, OH; attended The Dayton Art Institute, Dayton, OH

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John Lone, Jonathan Winters, Penelope Ann Miller, Alec Baldwin, Tim Curry Steve Granitz/WireImage.com
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