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Also known as Isaac Sidney Caesar, Sid Caesar, Isaac Sidney Caesar

Amerikaans acteur

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Sid Caesar was an American actor, writer, musician, and film producer born in Yonkers, New York. He served in World War II and played the saxophone in the jazz genre. Caesar was Jewish and had three children. He died in Beverly Hills in 2014 and was buried at Mount Sinai Memorial Park Cemetery.

His notable works include *Where Have I Been?*, *Caesar's hours*, and *Little me, Little me, Little me*. Caesar received a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series, a Genesis Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He was also nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical.

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Person · Open Library

Born
1922
Works
7

Top works

  • Where Have I Been?
  • Caesar's hours
  • Little me
  • Little me
  • Little me

via Open Library + Wikidata

Film & TV

Yonkers, New York, USA

Sid Caesar (September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014) was an American comic actor and writer, known as the leading man on the 1950s television series Your Show of Shows and as Coach Calhoun in Grease and Grease 2.

Known for

  • It's a Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie, Zabriskie Point — Melville Crump (archive footage)2023
  • Mel Brooks: Unwrapped — Self (archive footage)2018
  • The Grease Story — Coach Calhoun (archive footage)2017
  • Mel Brooks: Make a Noise — Self2013
  • Lunch — Himself2012
  • In the Beginning: The Caesar Years — Self2012
  • Making History: Mel Brooks on Creating the World — Self (archive footage)2009
  • The Jewish Americans — Self2008
  • Pioneers of Primetime2005
  • Comic Book: The Movie — Old Army Buddy2004

via TMDB

Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Netherlands
Active from
1922
Active to
2014

via MusicBrainz · CC0

Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
258
Total plays
3,345

<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Sid+Caesar">Read more on Last.fm</a>

via Last.fm · Sid Caesar

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Sidney
Family name
Caesar
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Yonkers
Place of death
Beverly Hills
Occupation
screenwriter
Languages spoken
English language
Native language
English language
Genre
jazz
Instrument
saxophone
Conflict
World War II
Official website
www.sidcaesar.com
Image
Sid Caesar - 1961.JPG
Number of children
3
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Commons category
Sid Caesar
date of birth
1922-09-08
date of death
2014-02-12
Commons gallery
Sid Caesar
ethnic group
Jewish people
birth name
Isaac Sidney Caesar
cause of death
disease
start of work period
1946-00-00
end of work period
2006-00-00
writing language
English language
manner of death
natural causes
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Article · Nederlands

Isaac Sidney Caesar (Yonkers, 8 september 1922 – Los Angeles, 12 februari 2014) was een Amerikaans komiek en acteur. Hij won in 1952 de Primetime Emmy Award voor beste acteur en in 1957 die voor beste doorlopende rol van een komiek in een televisieserie, voor zijn inbreng in het sketchprogramma . Daarnaast werd Caesar ook in 1951, 1952 (voor een tweede), 1953, 1954, 1956, 1958, 1995 en 1997 genomineerd voor een Primetime Emmy Award. In 1987 werd hem tijdens de jaarlijkse American Comedy Awards een Lifetime Achievement Award toegekend. Caesar maakte in 1946 zijn film- en acteerdebuut als Chuck Enders in de filmmusical . In 1960 kreeg hij een ster op de Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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