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Red Skelton

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Red Skelton: Biography

Birth Name: Richard Bernard Skelton
Birth Place: Vincennes, IN
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 07/18/1913, Cancer
Date of Death: 09/17/1997
Profession: Actor; TV host; composer; comedian

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Red Skelton Fast Facts:

Was so poor as a child that he once sang for pennies on the streets of his Indiana home town.
Quit school at 10 to join a traveling medicine show.
Always ended his TV show---which ran for two decades---and his radio show by saying, "Good night and may God bless."
Had a bridge that spans the Wabash River between Indiana and Illinois named after him in 1963.
His Freddie the Freeloader character adorns a U.S. stamp that was introduced in August 2009.
Composed thousands of songs and more than 60 symphonies over the course of his career.
Was a renowned oil painter of clowns and an expert at growing bonsai trees.
Was a Shriner and a Freemason.

Red Skelton Relationships:
Georgia Davis - Ex-wife
Richard Freeman Skelton - Son
Edna Marie Stilwell - Ex-wife
Paul Skelton - Brother
Lothian Toland Skelton - Wife
Ida Mae Skelton - Mother
Valentina Maris Alonzo - Daughter
Joseph Skelton - Father
Red Skelton Awards:
1962 Emmy: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy - Nominee
1963 Emmy: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy - Nominee
1957 Emmy: Best Single Performance by an Actor - Nominee
1965 Emmy: Outstanding Individual Achievements in Entertainment - Nominee
1952 Emmy: Best Comedian or Comedienne - Winner
1959 Golden Globe: Television Achievement - Winner
1961 Emmy: Outstanding Writing Achievement in Comedy - Winner
1978 Golden Globe: Cecil B. DeMille Award - Winner
1987 Screen Actors Guild Awards: Life Achievement Award - Winner

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