| Birth name: |
Eugene Klass |
| Date of birth: |
June 14, 1919 (confirmed) |
Date of death:
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December 9, 2009
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| Place of birth: |
New York, N.Y. |
| Parents: |
Martin and Eva Klass |
| Married: |
Betty Claire Kalb (stage name Julie Carson), October 22,
1924 - January 31, 2003 (her death)
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| Children: |
Michael Lewis, Frederick James, Elizabeth (Liza) |
| Education: |
Attended public schools in New York City, and New Utrecht
High School,
Brooklyn, NY. Graduated Valedictorian from high school. At age
17, received the conveted singing scholarship awarded by David Sarnoff,
then head of RCA.
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| Member: |
Actors Equity Association, Screen Actors Guild (past
First Vice-President),
Boy Scouts of America, Friar's Club. National Chairman of the Multiple
Sclerosis Association, and National Chairman of the Hope for Hearing
Foundation
at UCLA |
| Career: |
Actor in radio, stage, film and television, best known
for his portrayal
of dapper, well-dressed leading characters in television series.
Nightclub
performer. (See also Television Credits, Movie
Credits, and Stage/Club Credits.) |
| Awards/Honors: |
Golden Globe Award, 1964; Antionette Perry Award
nomination, best actor
in a musical, for La Cage aux folles, 1984; Critics' Award for Best
Performance
by an Actor in the off-Broadway production of Idiot's Delight; named
ADL
Man of the Year, 1986; Hollywood Walk of Fame Star; Palm Springs Star
Walk.
City of Hope's "Man of the Year" (See also Honors
and Awards page.) |
