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Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks is an American director, writer, actor, comedian, producer, and composer. He is known as a creator of broad film farces and comedic parodies. Brooks began his career as a comic and a writer for Sid Caesar's variety show Your Show of Shows alongside Woody Allen, Neil Simon, and Larry Gelbart. Together with Carl Reiner, he created the comic character The 2000 Year Old Man. He wrote, with Buck Henry, the hit television comedy series Get Smart, which ran from 1965 to 1970. In middle age, Brooks became one of the most successful film directors of the 1970s, with many of his films being among the top 10 moneymakers of the year they were released. His best-known films include The Producers, The Twelve Chairs, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Silent Movie, High Anxiety, History of the World, Part I, Spaceballs, and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. A musical adaptation of his first film, The Producers, ran on Broadway from 2001 to 2007, and was remade into a musical film in 2005.
BornMelvin Kaminsky, June 28, 1926, New York City, U.S.
EducationBrooklyn College (attended, no degree)
OccupationDirector, writer, actor, comedian, producer, composer
Years active1949–present
Children4, including Max Brooks

About Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks
Mel Brooks

Director Mel Brooks was born on June 28, 1926 in New York City, New York, United States (He's 97 years old now).

Movie Blazing Saddles, Movie Young Frankenstein, Movie Spaceballs, High Anxiety, Movie The Producers, and Movie Robin Hood: Men in Tights were all directed by him. He is a member of an exclusive group of entertainers who have won Emmys, Grammys, Oscars, and Tony Awards.

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Mel Brooks before becoming famous

Mel Brooks was born in the Zodiac sign Cancer (The Crab), and 1926 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Tiger (兎).

Drummer Buddy Rich taught him how to play the drums when he was a teenager. In 1961, he and fellow comic star TV Actor Carl Reiner devised a comedy sketch called The 2000 Year Old Man, which catapulted his comedy career to new heights.

Achievement of Mel Brooks

In 2000, the American Film Institute released a list of the top 100 comedy films of all-time and Brooks had three films in the top 20: Movie Blazing Saddles (#6), Movie The Producers (#11) and Movie Young Frankenstein (#13).

Mel Brooks's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

After meeting at a rehearsal for The Pop Singer Perry Como Variety Show, he married actress Movie Actress Anne Bancroft on August 5, 1964, after initially marrying Florence Baum in 1951. Screenwriter Max, Nicky, and Eddie are his three kids, while Stephanie is his daughter.

Perry Como (1912 - 2001) (Pop Singer)
Perry Como (1912 - 2001)

Pop Singer
Anne Bancroft (1931 - 2005) (Movie Actress)
Anne Bancroft (1931 - 2005)

Movie Actress
Max Brooks, 51 (Screenwriter)
Max Brooks, 51

Screenwriter

Mel Brooks on Social Media

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Mel Brooks Collabed with

Brooks and actor Movie Actor Gene Wilder worked together frequently because Wilder starred in two of Brooks' most well-known films, Movie Blazing Saddles and Movie Young Frankenstein.

Gene Wilder (1933 - 2016) (Movie Actor)
Gene Wilder (1933 - 2016)

Movie Actor

Mel Brooks Income & Net worth

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Latest information about Mel Brooks updated on March 16 2023.