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Sid Caesar
Age: 87
Height: 6' 2"
Birth Place: Yonkers, New York, USA
Born: Sep. 8th, 1922
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NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: Comedian, saxophonist, composer, actor and musician, he performed within the orchestras of Charlie Spivak, Shep Fields (I) and Claude Thornhill as saxophonist. Later, as super-hip jazz musician "Cool Cees" in television skits, he played tenor saxophone, and sang with the satirical trio "The Hair Cuts" (with Carl Reiner and Howard Morris (I)). He sang the lead role in "Little Me" on Broadway. Joining ASCAP in 1955, his popular song compositions include "I Wrote This Song for Your Birthday" and "Was That You?".
TRIVIA:
- At fourteen, Caesar first went to the Catskills as a saxophonist with Mike Cifficello's Swingtime Six and would also occasionally perform in sketches.
- Sid gave up alcohol 'cold turkey'. His autobiography, Where Have I Been, published in 1983 and his second book, Caesar's Hours, both chronicle his struggle to overcome alcoholism and barbiturates.
- Made his Broadway debut performing in the 1948 revue "Make Mine Manhattan," which featured The Five Dollar Date, one of Sid's first original pieces in which he sang, acted, double-talked, pantomimed, and wrote the music.
- His father, Max Caesar, owned a restaurant in Yonkers, NY.
- Best remembered on 'Your Shows of Shows' and the movies, 'Grease' (1978) and Grease 2.
- Left-handed.
- His children are Michele ("Shelly"), Rick (born February 18, 1952), and Karen (born in 1956).
- His star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is at 7000 Hollywood Blvd.
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