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Seinfeld, Jerry

LC control no.n 93058300
Descriptive conventionsrda
Personal name headingSeinfeld, Jerry
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Variant(s)Seinfeld, Jerome Allen, 1954-
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedMassapequa (N.Y.) New York (N.Y.)
Birth date1954-04-29
Place of birthBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Field of activityStand-up comedy Acting
Profession or occupationAuthors Actors Comedians
Found inHis Sein language, c1993: CIP t.p. (Jerry Seinfeld)
IMDb, viewed July 12, 2020: Jerry Seinfeld biography (Born: April 29, 1954 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA; Birth Name: Jerome Allen Seinfeld ... the son of Betty (Hesney) and Kalman Seinfeld. His father was of Hungarian Jewish descent, while Jerry's maternal grandparents, Salha and Selim Hosni, were Syrian Jewish immigrants (from Aleppo). He moved with his family, including sister Carolyn, to suburban Massepequa, Long Island, at a young age ... Jerry attended Oswego College in upstate New York but transferred to Queens College back in New York City. Developed interest in stand-up comedy after brief stints in college productions. Went straight from college graduation to amateur night tryout at New York's Catch a Rising Star, 1976. Continued to perform in local clubs and Catskill Mountain resorts until his career was boosted by an appearance on a Rodney Dangerfield HBO special, 1976. Career took off after first successful spot on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962), May 1981, at age 27. Appearances on ... The Merv Griffin Show (1962) followed. Also appeared four times as Frankie on Benson (1979) sitcom. After he was abruptly fired from the show, he swore never to do another sitcom unless he had greater control. This opportunity emerged when he was invited to create a sitcom for NBC in 1989 and teamed with one-time stand-up colleague Larry David. Progression of "The Seinfeld Chronicles" into the long-running Seinfeld (1989) series phenomenon was ended by its co-creator and co-executive producer, Larry David. Still unmarried, he moved back to New York City into a new multimillion-dollar, multilevel apartment on Central Park West just down the street from his small bachelor studio on West 81st.)
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Wikipedia, viewed July 12, 2020: Jerry Seinfeld (Jerome Allen Seinfeld ... born April 29, 1954) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director. He is known for playing a semi-fictionalized version of himself in the sitcom Seinfeld, which he created and wrote with Larry David. The show aired on NBC from 1989 until 1998, becoming one of the most acclaimed and popular sitcoms of all-time. As a stand-up comedian, Seinfeld specializes in observational comedy ... Books: Seinfeld wrote the book Seinlanguage, released in 1993. Written as his television show was first rising in popularity, it is primarily an adaptation of his stand-up material. The title comes from an article in Entertainment Weekly listing the numerous catchphrases for which the show was responsible. In 2002, he wrote the children's book Halloween. The book was illustrated by James Bennett. Seinfeld wrote the forewords to Ted L. Nancy's Letters from a Nut series of books and Ed Broth's Stories from a Moron. Seinfeld also wrote the foreword to the Peanut Butter & Co. Cookbook ...)
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Associated languageeng