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Jonathan Winters Biography
Birth Name:
Jonathan Harshman Winters
Birth Place:
Dayton, Ohio, United States
Profession
Actor, comedian, author, painter
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
Awards
- 1991Emmy-Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series: winner
- 1964Golden Globe-Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy: nominated
Relationships
- Lucinda -- Daughter
- Lucinda Winters -- Daughter
- Jonathan Harshman Winters -- Father
- Jonathan Harshman Winters Jr. -- Father
- Alice Kilgore -- Mother
- Jay Winters -- Son
- Jonathan H. Winters IV -- Son
- Eileen Winters -- Wife
- Eileen Schauder Winters -- Wife (deceased)