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Mel Brooks
Age: 83
Height: 5' 5"
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Born: Jun. 28th, 1926
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Mel Brooks' Main TV Roles
NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: [no bio found]
TRIVIA:
- At the opening of the Brodway version of "The Producers", he was asked by a reporter if he was nervious about the play's reception, since it cost $40 million to produce. Brooks joked, "If it flops, I'll take the other sixty million and fly to Rio." He didn't have to worry, since the play was both a critical and financial success.
- Would much rather write than direct.
- According to his 1975 Playboy interview, Mel's favorite candy is Raisinets.
- Biography in: John Wakeman, editor. "World Film Directors, Volume Two, 1945-1985." Pages 162-167. New York: The H.W. Wilson Company, 1988.
- He, 'Anne Bancroft (I)' (qv) and their son 'Max Brooks (I)' (qv) have all won Emmys.
- Named one of People Magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People of 2001".
- Won 3 Tonys in 2001 for "The Producers" - Best Musical, Best Book of a Musical, and Best Musical Score.
- In the original film version of _The Producers (1968)_ (qv), Brooks' voice can be heard singing the line "Don't be stupid/Be a schmarty/Come and join the Nazi Party" during the "Springtime for Hitler" number. For the Broadway musical version, he repeats this task, with the live actor lip-synching to a recording of Brooks.
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