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Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, filmmaker, and songwriter.With a career spanning over seven decades, he is known as a writer and director of a variety of successful broad farces and parodies. [1]
A close succession of comedies—Blazing Saddles (1974), Young Frankenstein (1974), and High Anxiety (1977)—were all directed by Mel Brooks, [12] who was able to bring out the best of Kahn's comic talents. [22] Their last collaboration was 1981's History of the World, Part I.
In 1961, Bancroft met Mel Brooks at a rehearsal for Perry Como's variety show Kraft Music Hall. Bancroft and Brooks married on August 5, 1964, at the Manhattan Marriage Bureau near New York City Hall, and were married until her death in 2005. Their son, Max Brooks, was born in 1972.
Funnyman Mel Brooks apparently is getting the last laugh in real estate, too.The director of ribald comedy classics such as Blazing Saddles, The Producers and Young Frankenstein has listed his ...
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Brooks was born on May 22, 1972, in Manhattan, New York City. He is the son of actress Anne Bancroft and actor, director, producer, and writer Mel Brooks. [3] His father is Jewish, while his mother was an Italian-American Catholic. [4] [5] Brooks is dyslexic, [6] and recalled that during the time in which he was growing up:
The film icon was serenaded by Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick before receiving the honor.