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Mel Brooks

Melvin James Brooks (né Kaminsky; born June 28, 1926) is an American actor, comedian, film director, songwriter and playwright. With a career spanning nine decades, he is known for a variety of successful farces and parodies. A recipient of numerous accolades, he is one of the few people to win the EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony). He received a…

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Full list
Allegiance
United States
Born
Melvin James Kaminsky (1926-06-28) June 28, 1926 (age 100) New York City, U.S.
Branch
United States Army
Children
4, including Max
Conflicts
World War II Battle of the Bulge · Battle of the Bulge

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related to Further reading · 65
Mel Brooks → Adler, Alex, All About Me, Anne Bancroft, Ballantine, Be, Bill, Brooks, Chicago, Crick, Cultural Industries, Doubleday, Dual Biography, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, Film, Funny Man, Garden City, Harper, Hoboken
related to Bibliography · 42
Mel Brooks → All About Me, Barry Levinson, Biggest Hit, Broadway History, Carl Reiner, Film, Guitar Chords, High Anxiety, History, Judd Apatow, Leo Salkin, Lyrics, Making, Mazursky, My Remarkable Life, One Fully Illustrated Volume, Part, Paul, Piano Accompaniment Format Piano, Piano/Vocal Highlights
related to Accolades · 36
Mel Brooks → America, Best Book, Best Long Form Music, Best Musical, Best Musical Show Album, Best Original Score, Best Original Screenplay, Best Spoken Comedy Album, Blazing Saddles, Brooks, Carl Reiner, Comedy Series, DVD Recording, EGOT, Emmy, Emmys, Grammy, He, Mad About You, Musical
related to 1980–2001: Brooksfilms · 33
Mel Brooks → America's, Biblical, Brooks, Brooks's, Brooksfilms, Buñuel's, David Lynch, Dawn, Ebert, Either, Errol Flynn, French Revolution, History, I've, In, It, Kael, Knowing, Lynch's Eraserhead, Man
related to 2012–present: Later career and centenary · 25
Mel Brooks → All About Me, American Masters, Brooks, Buster, Buster Keaton, Carl Reiner, Cars Getting Coffee, Celebration, Comedians, GI Jews, He, History, In, Jerry Seinfeld, Jewish Americans, Make, Noise, Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance, Part II, Peabody Career Achievement Award
related to External links · 21
Mel Brooks → AllMusicCarl Reiner, American Film Institute CatalogMel, Books, Box Office Data Movie, Brooks, Director, DiscogsMel Brooks, Emmys, IMDbMel Brooks, Internet Broadway DatabaseMel Brooks, Mel Brooks's, Photographs, Star, TCM Movie Database, The NumbersMel Brooks, The Official MEL BROOKS's, Topic, Virtual-History, Year Old Man, YouTube
related to Comedy albums · 15
Mel Brooks → Cannes Film Festival, Capitol Records, Carl Reiner, Excerpts, Records, Rhino Records, The, The Complete, The Incomplete Works, Thirteen, Warner Bros, World Pacific Records, Year, Year Old Man, Years
Style · 8
Mel Brooks → Blue comedy, clean comedy, musical comedy, observational comedy, satire, sexual comedy, wit, wordplay
Occupations · 5
Mel Brooks → actor, comedian, Filmmaker, playwright, songwriter
Unit · 3
Mel Brooks → 1104th Engineer Combat Battalion,, 78th Infantry Division,, Special Services

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Mel BrooksAllegianceUnited States1.00infobox
Mel BrooksAwardsFull list1.00infobox
Mel BrooksBornMelvin James Kaminsky (1926-06-28) June 28, 1926 (age 100) New York City, U.S.1.00infobox
Mel BrooksBranchUnited States Army1.00infobox
Mel BrooksChildren4, including Max1.00infobox
Mel BrooksConflictsWorld War II Battle of the Bulge1.00infobox
Mel BrooksConflictsBattle of the Bulge1.00infobox
Mel BrooksOccupationsFilmmaker1.00infobox
Mel BrooksOccupationscomedian1.00infobox
Mel BrooksOccupationsactor1.00infobox
Mel BrooksOccupationsplaywright1.00infobox
Mel BrooksOccupationssongwriter1.00infobox
Mel BrooksRankCorporal1.00infobox
Mel BrooksService years1944–19461.00infobox
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Mel BrooksSpousesAnne Bancroft ​ ​(m. 1964; died 2005)​1.00infobox
Mel BrooksStyleBlue comedy1.00infobox
Mel BrooksStyleclean comedy1.00infobox
Mel BrooksStyleobservational comedy1.00infobox
Mel BrooksStylesexual comedy1.00infobox
Mel BrooksStylemusical comedy1.00infobox
Mel BrooksStylesatire1.00infobox
Mel BrooksStylewit1.00infobox
Mel BrooksStylewordplay1.00infobox
Mel BrooksUnit78th Infantry Division,1.00infobox
Mel BrooksUnit1104th Engineer Combat Battalion,1.00infobox
Mel BrooksUnitSpecial Services1.00infobox
Mel BrooksWorksFull list1.00infobox
Mel BrooksYears active1949–present1.00infobox

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