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Jonathan Winters
Age: 84
Height: 5' 10"
Birth Place: Dayton, Ohio, USA
Born: Nov. 11th, 1925
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BIOGRAPHY: Jonathan was born in 1925. His father, also Jonathan, was a banker who became an alcoholic after being crushed in the Great Depression. His parents divorced in 1932. Jonathan and his mother then moved to Springfield to live with his grandmother. There his mother remarried and became a radio personality. Jonathan joined the Marines during his senior year of high school. Upon his discharge, he entered Kenyon College & later transferred to Dayton Art Institute. He met his wife, Eileen Schauder, in 1948 and married a month later. They remain married today. They have a son, Jay, who is a contractor, and a daughter, Lucinda, who is a talent scout for movies.
Jonathan got his start in show business by winning a talent contest. This led to a children's TV show in Dayton in 1950. He also then got a game show and a talk show. Denied a requested raise, he & his wife moved to New York with only $56 in their pocket. Two months later, he was getting night club bookings.
Jonathan suffered nervous breakdowns in 1959 and 1961. He made 10 comedy recordings for which he was nominated for the Grammy 10 times and won once.
TRIVIA:
- Served in the Marines during World War II.
- According to the book "Tomorrow I Die", Winters appeared in the short film "Screen Test of Mike Hammer" as a wino. This short film also featured 'Jack Stang' (qv) and 'Bettye Ackerman' (qv). Stills are found in the aforementioned book.
- Very close friend of 'Robin Williams (I)' (qv) (the two paired up for the TV show _"Mork & Mindy" (1978)_ (qv) with much of their material ad-libbed).
- Father of 'Jay Winters' (qv) and 'Lucinda Winters' (qv).
- Was voluntarily institutionalized twice in his life (and even made light of it in his stand-up comic act).
- Mr. Winters made his semi-annual visit to the "Hollywood Collectors & Celebrities Show" for an autograph session and to meet his fans.
- In 2000, he won the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor, presented annually by the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
- He was awarded The Annual Kennedy Centre Mark Twain Prize.
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