Brooks, Mel

Brooks, Mel
orig. Melvin Kaminsky

born June 28, 1926, Brooklyn, N.Y., U.S.

U.S. director, producer, and actor.

He wrote comedy routines for Sid Caesar's television shows (1949–59) and cocreated the TV series Get Smart (1965). He wrote and directed his first feature film, The Producers (1968, Academy Award for writing), which was later transformed into a hit Broadway musical. He directed, produced, and cowrote (and sometimes acted in) film comedies such as Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), and Spaceballs (1987).

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  • BROOKS, MEL — (Melvin Kaminsky; 1926– ), U.S. comedian, actor, director. Born in New York, Brooks began working as a stand up comedian in a string of resorts in the Catskill Mountains. He was known for his odd antics, including performing impromptu monologues… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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  • Brooks, Mel (Melvin Kaminski) — (b. 1926)    American actor and film director. Brooks was born in New York and began his career as a comedian, appearing particularly before audiences at Jewish holiday resorts. His films include The Producers (1968), Blazing Saddles (1974) a… …   Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament

  • Brooks, Mel — orig. Melvin Kaminsky (n. 28 jun. 1926, Brooklyn, N.Y., EE.UU.). Director, productor y actor estadounidense. Escribió rutinas cómicas para los programas de televisión de Sid Caesar (1949–59) y fue uno de los creadores de la serie de televisión El …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • Brooks, Mel — pseud. di Kaminsky, Melvin …   Sinonimi e Contrari. Terza edizione

  • Brooks, Mel (Kaminsky, Melvin) — (b. 1926)    American film director, writer and actor. He was born in New York, and first worked as a comedian in the Borscht Belt of New York s Catskill Mountain resorts. Later he was one of a team of comedy writers for The Sid Caesar Show and… …   Dictionary of Jewish Biography

  • Mel Brooks — Brooks in April 2010 Birth name Melvin Kaminsky Born June 28, 1926 (1926 06 28) (age 85) …   Wikipedia

  • Mel Brooks — Nombre real Melvin Kaminsky Nacimiento 28 de junio de 1926 (85 años) …   Wikipedia Español

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