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Sid Caesar

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Sid Caesar Fast Facts:

Started career as a musician; played clarinet and saxophone in small bands and later in the orchestras of Charlie Spivak, Shep Fields and Charlie Thornhill.
Turned to acting while serving in the Coast Guard during WWII; first stage performance was in the military musical Tars and Spars.
His signature double-talk routines were inspired by listening to customers speak foreign languages in his father's restaurant as a child.
Chronicled his battles with drugs and alcohol in his 1982 autobiography, Where Have I Been?.
"I know of no other comedian who could have done nearly 10 years of live TV," longtime Caesar scribe Mel Brooks once said. "Nobody's talent was ever more used up than Sid's over a period of years. TV ground him into sausages — one sausage a week."
Inducted into the TV Academy Hall of Fame in 1985.

Sid Caesar Relationships:
Florence Caesar - Wife
Ida Raffel Caesar - Mother
Karen Caesar - Daughter
Max Caesar - Father
Michele Caesar - Daughter
Richard Caesar - Son
Sid Caesar Awards:
1963 Tony: Actor (Musical) - Nominee
1952 Emmy: Best Actor - Winner
1951 Emmy: Most Outstanding Personality - Winner
1951 Emmy: Best Actor - Nominee
1952 Emmy: Best Comedian or Comedienne - Nominee
1953 Emmy: Best Comedian - Nominee
1956 Emmy: Best Comedian - Nominee
1995 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1997 Emmy: Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series - Nominee
1954 Emmy: Best Male Star of a Regular Series - Nominee
1957 Emmy: Best Continuing Performance by a Comedian in a Series - Winner
1958 Emmy: Best Continuing Performance (Male) in a Series by a Comedian, Singer, Host, Dancer, M.C., Announcer, Narrator, Panelist, or any - Nominee
College:
Attended The Juilliard School, New York, NY