Bernie Brillstein

Birth Name:

Bernie Jules Brillstein

Birth Place:

New York City, New York, United States

Profession

Producer, Actor

Received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2001
Studied at New York University after graduating from Stuyvesant High School
His five children are Kate, Leigh and Michael Brillstein, and David and Nick Koskoff
Nephew of acclaimed vaudeville performer Jack Pearl
Began working in the mailroom of the William Morris Agency before working his way up to the position of talent agency
Quote: "(On the language of comedy) "'I killed them, they died, I laid them in the aisles, I made them cry․' -- the language is really death․ Comedians are the most morbid people I know․ They all come from dysfunctional homes, as did I, so I understand the comedy mind․ You're trying to please someone in your family, probably your mother, and get them to love you․ So now you get group love․""
Helped form the easy listening group The Doodletown Pipers

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