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Woody Allen
Heywood "Woody" Allen is an American filmmaker, actor, writer, and comedian. In a career spanning more than seven decades, he has written for film, television, and theater. As a screenwriter, Allen holds the record of most wins (3) and nominations (16) for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. In addition to his four Academy Awards, he has also received numerous other accolades, including ten BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, a Grammy Award, and nominations for an Primetime Emmy Award and a Tony Award. He also received an Honorary Golden Lion in 1995, the BAFTA Fellowship in 1997, an Honorary Palme d'Or in 2002, and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 2014. Two of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress.
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Woody Allen never said he was retiring, nor did he say he was writing another novel. He said he was thinking about not making films, as making films that go straight or very quickly to streaming platforms is not so enjoyable for him, as he is a great lover of the cinema experience. Currently, he has no intention of retiring and is very excited to be in Paris shooting his new movie, which will be the 50th.
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“I take that as a compliment. What”
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“An audience has to like you, to connect with you emotionally before they”
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“Knowing my ex-wife, it probably wasn”
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“Woody Allen never said he was retiring, nor did he say he was writing another novel. He said he was thinking about not making films, as making films that go straight or very quickly to streaming platforms is not so enjoyable for him, as he is a great lover of the cinema experience. Currently, he has no intention of retiring and is very excited to be in Paris shooting his new movie, which will be the 50th.”
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“My idea, in principle, is not to make more movies and focus on writing.”
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“The big, broad laugh comedy is a form that”
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cosmopolitan.com: La actriz Dianne Wiest tras conocer a Woody Allen en los años 80: "Nunca he trabajado con alguien con quien tuviera tanta confianza como con él"
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NFL.com: Washington Commanders running back Kaytron Allen's shifty run nearly ices game for Commanders
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Clarin.com: Javier Marías y Woody Allen hablando en París
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rg.org: Thurman Thomas on Josh Allen, Joe Brady and Bills’ 2026 Outlook
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Esquire: Woody Allen reflexiona sobre la vejez a los 90 años: "Siempre vivo angustiado por mi salud. En cuanto me sale un dolor, un bulto o una erupción, pienso de inmediato que es algo fatal"
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Documents released on Jan. 30, 2026, relating to the case of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, revealed that actor Leonardo DiCaprio ate more than 70 pounds of "child meat" and discussed a cannibalism diet in emails with filmmaker Woody Allen.” False.
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The Central Theater in Budapest premiered another new Allen play, Pure Madness, also in Hungarian
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With producer Julian Schlossberg, Allen mentioned having plays also currently being performed in or premiering in Germany, Russia, and France
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Allen's play A Brooklyn Fairytale premiered in Budapest, Hungary
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Published video “Sweet and Lowdown Outtake”.
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Published video “Chloë Sevigny Melinda and Melinda Unused Scene”.
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Published video “Melinda and Melinda Alternate Ending”.
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Published video “European Jazz Tour Wrap Up #2023 #1”.
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Published video “"Midnight in Paris" Alternate Ending”.
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Published video “"Match Point" Outtake”.
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Published video “Woody Allen Jazz Band 2023 Tour”.
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Published video “Official Trailer - Coup De Chance - Woody Allen Movie”.
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Published video “"Hollywood Ending" Outtake”.
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Brooks said of working with Allen, "Woody was so young then
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fact checker rated the claim “Famed director and actor Woody Allen has died.” fake.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “Filmmaker and actor Woody Allen has died.” False.
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By MPI Media Group and Signature Entertainment
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It premiered at the San Sebastián International Film Festival
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Manuel Carcassonne of the publisher's French branch, the publishing company Stock, announced it would publish the book if Allen permitted it
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It was announced that Grand Central Publishing would release Allen's autobiography, Apropos of Nothing, on April 7, 2020
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20172 items
And was theatrically released on December 1, 2017, as the first movie self-distributed to theaters by Amazon Studios
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Allen received a standing ovation when he made a rare public appearance at the 45th Annual Life Achievement Tribute award ceremony for Diane Keaton
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20162 items
Amazon Video debuted Allen's first television series production, Crisis in Six Scenes
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The third time Allen has opened the festival
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Amazon Studios announced a full-season order for a half-hour Amazon Prime Instant Video series that Allen would write and direct, marking the first time he has developed a television show
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“It was a catastrophic mistake. I don”
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20144 items
Released album “The Stand-Up Years 1964-1968”.
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Released album “Bullets Over Broadway (Original Broadway Cast Recording)”.
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Allen's musical Bullets over Broadway opened on Broadway at the St
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Returned to Broadway, adapting his 1994 film into the musical Bullets Over Broadway
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20132 items
Keaton said she "fell in love with him right away", adding, "I wanted to be his girlfriend so I did something about it
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Allen shot the romantic comedy Magic in the Moonlight with Emma Stone and Colin Firth in Nice, France
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20123 items
Awarded Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay for Midnight in Paris (2012).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for Midnight in Paris (2012).
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That Allen would adapt Bullets over Broadway into a Broadway musical
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Allen's one-act play Honeymoon Motel opened on Broadway as part of a larger piece titled Relatively Speaking, with two other one-act plays by Ethan Coen and Elaine May
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Following a Cannes debut in May 2010, and a screening at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 12, 2010
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Allen released an audiobook, The Woody Allen Collection, in which he read 73 selections
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Snopes rated the claim “Story by Woody Allen features lobsters gaining revenge on Bernie Madoff.” Correct Attribution.
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Allen signed a petition calling for the release of film director Roman Polanski, who had been arrested in Switzerland in relation to his 1977 charge for drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl
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And described as a dark comedy, it follows the story of a botched suicide attempt turned messy love triangle
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Awarded honorary doctorate of Pompeu Fabra University (2007).
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Released album “Davis, Allen & Fowkes”.
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20043 items
Awarded Donostia Award (2004).
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Allen directed his first full-length play since 1981, A Second Hand Memory
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“The avaricious studios couldn”
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Allen returned to the stage with Writer's Block, an evening of two one-acts, Old Saybrook and Riverside Drive, that played Off-Broadway's Atlantic Theatre
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Awarded Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts (2002).
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Released album “Accords et Désaccords”.
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Released album “Wild Man Blues”.
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Awarded BAFTA Fellowship (1997).
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Awarded Butaca Awards for Everyone Says I Love You (1997).
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Awarded Butaca Awards for Mighty Aphrodite (1996).
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19954 items
Won Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement (1995).
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Allen's one-act play Central Park West opened off-Broadway as a part of a larger piece, Death Defying Acts, that included two other one-act plays by David Mamet and Elaine May
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After a long hiatus from the stage, Allen returned to theater with the one-act Central Park West, an installment in an evening of theater, Death Defying Acts, that also included new work by David Mamet and Elaine May
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The BAFTA Fellowship in 1997, an Honorary Palme d'Or in 2002, and the Golden Globe Cecil B
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Allen directed and starred in a second version for television, with Michael J
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for Husbands and Wives (1993).
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Farrow publicly accused Allen of sexually abusing their adopted daughter, Dylan
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With Farrow's and Andre Previn's 21-year-old adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn
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Awarded Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (1989).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for Hannah and Her Sisters (1987).
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Awarded David di Donatello for best foreign screenplay for Hannah and Her Sisters (1987).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Hannah and Her Sisters (1987).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay for Hannah and Her Sisters (1987).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Direction for Hannah and Her Sisters (1987).
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Awarded Bodil Awards for Hannah and Her Sisters (1987).
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Awarded Bodil Awards for The Purple Rose of Cairo (1986).
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Awarded César Award for The Purple Rose of Cairo (1986).
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Won Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay for The Purple Rose of Cairo (1986).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for The Purple Rose of Cairo (1986).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Film for The Purple Rose of Cairo (1986).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for Broadway Danny Rose (1985).
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Awarded David di Donatello for best foreign screenplay for Broadway Danny Rose (1985).
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Awarded FIPRESCI Prize of the Festival de Cannes for The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985).
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Awarded David di Donatello for Best Foreign Actor for Zelig (1984).
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Awarded Bodil Awards for Zelig (1984).
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Allen's play The Floating Light Bulb, starring Danny Aiello and Bea Arthur, premiered on Broadway and ran for 65 performances
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19803 items
Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for Manhattan (1980).
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Awarded Bodil Awards for Manhattan (1980).
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Awarded César Award for Manhattan (1980).
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Allen directed Manhattan, a comic homage to New York City focused on the relationship between middle-aged Isaac Davis (Allen) and 17-year-old Tracy (Mariel Hemingway) and co-starring Keaton and Meryl Streep
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At the Film Society at Lincoln Center, Allen paid tribute to one of his comedy idols, Bob Hope, who said of the honor: "It's great to have your past spring up in front of your eyes, especially when it's done by Woody All
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Director for Annie Hall (1978).
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Awarded Bodil Awards for Annie Hall (1978).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay for Annie Hall (1978).
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Awarded Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay for Annie Hall (1978).
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Awarded BAFTA Award for Best Direction for Annie Hall (1978).
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Awarded O. Henry Award (1978).
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Released album “Standup Comic”.
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Allen wrote, directed, and starred in the romantic comedy Annie Hall
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Allen starred as cashier Howard Prince in the Hollywood blacklist comedy-drama The Front, directed by Martin Ritt and co-starring Zero Mostel
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19757 items
Earned Silver Bear (1975).
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“On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down. (ang.)”
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“Money is better than poverty, if only for financial reasons. (ang.)”
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“Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage. (ang.)”
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“O jakże myli się Emily Dickinson! Nadzieja nie jest „rzeczą upierzoną”. Rzecz upierzona okazała się moim siostrzeńcem. Musiałem go zabrać do specjalisty w Zurychu.”
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“Główny kłopot ze śmiercią to strach, że może nie być żadnego życia po życiu – przygnębiająca myśl, szczególnie dla tych, których utrapieniem było golenie się. Co prawda, pozostaje też strach, że jednak istotnie jest życie po życiu – ale nikt nie wie, gdzie się to trzyma.”
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“Lew i cielę mogą spoczywać obok siebie, ale cielę nie będzie spało zbyt dobrze.”
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Released album “The Nightclub Years 1964–1968”.
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Hosted one of his final Tonight Shows, with guests Bob Hope and James Coco
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19693 items
Starring Allen, Roberts, and Diane Keaton
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Allen hosted his first American special for CBS television, The Woody Allen Special, which included skits with Candice Bergen, a musical performance by the 5th Dimension, and an interview between Allen and Billy Graham
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Starring Allen and Diane Keaton
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19682 items
Released album “Excerpts for Broadcast from the Third Woody Allen Album”.
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Released album “The Third Woody Allen Album”.
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19671 item
Allen hosted the NBC TV special Woody Allen Looks at 1967
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19664 items
Allen wrote an hour-long musical comedy television special for CBS, Gene Kelly in New York, New York
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And ran for 598 performances on Broadway
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“sued me for a million dollars”
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“t Drink the Water, starring Lou Jacobi, Kay Medford, Anita Gillette and Tony Roberts. In 1994 Allen directed and starred in a second version for television, with Michael J. Fox and Mayim Bialik. Allen”
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19652 items
Allen filmed a half-hour standup special in England for Granada Television, titled The Woody Allen Show in the UK and Woody Allen: Standup Comic in the U
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Released album “Woody Allen, Volume 2”.
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19641 item
Released album “Woody Allen”.
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And over nine years his guest appearances included 17 in the host's chair
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Alone, he estimated that he wrote 20,000 jokes for various comics
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Co-wrote a few Sid Caesar specials with Larry Gelbart
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19561 item
Allen has been married three times: to Harlene Rosen from 1956 to 1959, Louise Lasser from 1966 to 1970, and Soon-Yi Previn since 1997.
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19551 item
Followed by a job on The NBC Comedy Hour in Los Angeles, then a job as a full-time writer for humorist Herb Shriner, initially earning $25 a week
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Before dropping out after failing the course "Motion Picture Production"
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19352 items
Born 1935-11-30.
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To Nettie (née Cherry; 1906–2002), a bookkeeper at her family's delicatessen, and Martin Konigsberg (1900–2001), a jewelry engraver and waiter
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Awarded Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
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Awarded Writers Guild of America Award.
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Awarded Directors Guild of America Award.
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Studied at New York University Tisch School of the Arts.
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Studied at New York University.
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Career landmark: Woody Allen sexual assault allegation.
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Studied at Midwood High School.
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