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Ed Wynn

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Ed Wynn
  • Birth Name:
    Isaiah Edwin Leopold
  • Nickname:
    The Perfect Fool
  • Date of Birth:
    November 9, 1886
  • Zodiac Sign:
    Scorpio
  • Place of Birth:
    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
  • Place of Death:
    Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
  • Date of Death:
    June 19, 1966
  • Cause of Death:
    Cancer
  • Height:
    6'
  • Sex:
    Male
  • Nationality:
    American
  • Education:
    Central High in Philadelphia

Family

Ed Wynn
  • Spouse:
    Hilda Keenan - divorced
    Frieda Mierse - divorced
    Dorothy Elizabeth Nesbitt - divorced
  • Son:
    Keenan Wynn

Career

Ed Wynn

Trivia

Ed Wynn
  • Once part of a two-year vaudeville duo with Jack Lewis, calling themselves "Win and Lose.".
    submitted by - Rokit Sharma
  • At the end of the '30s, several of his business ventures collapsed, including a radio chain, and he suffered a severe nervous breakdown.
    submitted by - New ID
  • Organized an actors' strike in 1919, and was boycotted by the Shuberts as a result. He got around the boycott by writing and producing his own musical shows, which were both critical and popular successes.
    submitted by - Soha Ali
  • The epitaph on his grave stone at Forest Lawn, Glendale, California reads: "Dear God, Thank You".
    submitted by - Aksh Dhiman
  • Wynn reluctantly began a career as a dramatic actor in television and movies, prompted by son Keenan instead of retiring. The two appeared in the classic broadcast of Rod Serling's play _Requiem for a Heavyweight (1957) (TV)_. Ed was initially terrified of "straight" acting and kept flubbing his lines in rehearsal and was nearly fired. His quick ad-libs saved his performance, which is now considered one of his best dramatic roles ever.
    submitted by - Amit Sana
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Quotes

Ed Wynn
  • If I go on the air I've got to have an audience. If I am to get 'raspberries' I want them immediately and not three weeks later, in the mail from Sioux City. - Unknown
    submitted by - Sneha Dhiman
  • I'll be back in a flash with more trash. - Unknown
    submitted by - Mandy John
  • Wasn't it Whistler who said that a great painter was one who could hide the effort which he put into his work? The same thing goes for gags. It often takes hours to think up something that is said in seconds. - Unknown
    submitted by - Amit Kher
  • A comedian says funny things. A comic says things funny. - Unknown
    submitted by - Sandeep Sandeep Singh
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Filmography

Ed Wynn


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