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Here’s a look back at the life of comedian, actor, director, producer, playwright, and screenwriter Mel Brooks, best known for comedic fars like “The Producers,” “Blazing Saddles,” “Young Frankenstein” and “Spaceballs” .
date of birth: June 28, 1926
birth place: Brooklyn, New York
birth name: Melvin James Kaminsky
father: Max Kaminsky, a process server
Mother: Kate (Brookman) Kaminsky
Weddings: Anne Bancroft (1964–2005, her death); Florence Baum (publicly unavailable-1962, divorced)
Children: With Anne Bancroft: Max; With Florence Baum: Stephanie, Nikki and Eddie
education: participated in Virginia Military Institute as part of its Army training
military: US Army, 1944–1945, Corporal
Brooks adopted the last name “Brooks” from his mother’s maiden name “Brookman”.
His parents were Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe.
Brooks is one of the elite few known for the . is referred to as Ego the winner. All of them have won Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony Awards.
His second wife, actress Anne Bancroft, was herself an almost EGOT winner. He received Oscar, Emmy and Tony awards before his death from cancer in 2005.
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Brooks learned to play the drums in his youth from renowned jazz musician Buddy Rich.
Brooks appears in his films as an actor and an occasional voice-over artist. He played character roles in “Blazing Saddles,” “High Anxiety,” “Spaceballs” and “Robin Hood: Men in Tights.”
1944-1945 – Serves in the US Army as a Combat Engineer during second World War.
1949-1958 – Started his career as a comedy writer in television and theater, writing “Broadway Review,” “Your Show of Shows,” “Caesar Hour,” “Sid Caesar Invites,” as well as “All American” and “Shinbone Alley” “Wrote for During his time with “Your Show of Shows”, he works with Neil Simon And Karl Rainer. Rainer and Brooks share a lifelong friendship and partnership.
1960 – Brooks and Rayner release comedy album, “The 2,000-Year-Old Man.” The hit spawned four follow-up albums, an animated TV special and several books.
1965-1970 – Teamed up with writer Buck Henry to create the hit television comedy, “Get Smart.”
4 June 1967 – gets his first Primetime Emmy Award For Outstanding Writing Achievement in Variety, for “The Sid Caesar, Imogen Coca, Carl Reiner and Howard Morris Special”.
November 1968 – “The Producers” is released in theaters, making it the first motion picture that Brooks has written and directed independently.
14 April 1969 – wins Academy Awards To “Producer” for Best Writing, Story, and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.
1974 – Manufactures the production company, “Brooksfilms.” “Coming Attraction” is the company’s debut, and “Fatso,” “The Elephant Man,” “History of the World: Part I,” “To Be or Not to Be” and “The Fly” follow.
1997-1999 – wins three Primetime Emmy Awards For Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series, for “Mad About You”.
February 24, 1999 – Brooks and Rainer won the Grammy Award for Best Spoken Comedy Album for “The 2,000 Year Old Man in the Year 2000”.
April 19, 2001 – opening night “Producers” on Broadway. Adapted from Brooks’ 1968 film Production Wins Continue Total 12 Tony Awards.
June 3, 2001 – Brooks won three Tony Awards: Best Musical, Best Original Score, and Best Book of Music, for “The Producers”.
30 November 2001 – Brooks’ memoir “All About Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business” is published.
27 February 2002 – Receives two Grammy Awards: in the Best Long Form Music Video category for “Recording ‘The Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks'”, shared with Susan Fromke and Peter Gelb, and in the Best Musical Show Album category for “The Producers: A Musical Romp with Mel Brooks”. Producers”.
8 November 2007 – “Young Frankenstein” premieres on Broadway, making it the second musical adaptation of one of his films.
December 29, 2009 – receives Kennedy Center Honors.
23 April 2010 – Receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
6 June 2013 – recipient of American Film Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award.