Ed Wynn
(n?scut
Isaia Edwin Leopold
; n.
,
Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
,
SUA
? d.
,
Beverly Hills
,
California
,
SUA
) a fost un actor ?i comic american remarcat prin interpretarea personajului comic
Perfect Fool
, emisiunea sa radiofonic? din anii 1930 ?i prin cariera ulterioar? ca actor dramatic.
[10]
Ed Wynn a fost un actor de comedie american care s-a n?scut ca Isaiah Edwin Leopold in
Philadelphia
, Pennsylvania. Tat?l s?u, care fabrica ?i vindea p?l?rii pentru femei, se n?scuse in
Boemia
. Mama lui, de origine roman? ?i
turc?
, venea de la
Istanbul
.
[11]
Wynn a urmat Central High School din
Philadelphia
pan? la varsta de 15 ani.
[12]
El a fugit de acas? in adolescen??, a lucrat ca vanz?tor de p?l?rii ?i ca b?iat bun la toate ?i in cele din urm? ?i-a adaptat prenumele s?u ?Edwin” la noul s?u nume de scen? ?Ed Wynn”, pentru a-?i salva familia sa de ru?inea de a avea un biet comic ca rud?.
Wynn ?i-a inceput cariera in
vodevil
in 1903
[13]
[14]
?i a fost o vedet? a Ziegfeld Follies incepand din 1914. In timpul
The Follies of 1915
,
W. C. Fields
ar fi prins Wynn jaf pentru publicul sub mas? in timpul lui "Piscin? Camer?" de rutin? ?i l-a l?sat incon?tient cu tacul.
[15]
Wynn a scris, a regizat ?i a produs multe spectacole de pe
Broadway
in deceniile urm?toare ?i a fost cunoscut prin costumele ?i elementele de recuzit? proste?ti, precum ?i pentru vocea chicotit? pe care a folosit-o in muzicalul
The Perfect Fool
(1921)
Lui Wynn i-a fost oferit rolul principal in adaptarea
MGM
din 1939 a
Vr?jitorului din Oz
, dar l-a refuzat, a?a cum a f?cut-o ?i W. C. Fields. Rolul i-a fost atribuit lui
Frank Morgan
.
Requiem
i-a creat lui Wynn o reputa?ie de actor dramatic, care putea s? interpreteze cu u?urin?? cele mai bune roluri. Rolul s?u din
Jurnalul Annei Frank
(1959) i-a adus o nominalizare la
Premiul Oscar
pentru cel mai bun actor in rol secundar.
Tot in 1959, Wynn a ap?rut in serialul TV al lui Rod Serling
Zona crepuscular?
in episodul
One for the Angels
. Serling, un vechi admirator, a scris acel episod special pentru el, iar Wynn a jucat mai tarziu, in 1963, in episodul Ninety Years Without Slumbering. Pentru tot restul vie?ii sale, Wynn a trecut cu abilitate de la roluri comice la roluri dramatice. El a ap?rut in filme de lung metraj ?i in seriale de televiziune,fiind indr?git de noi genera?ii de fani.
El a ap?rut ca Fairy Godfather in
Cenu??reasa
lui
Jerry Lewis
. Interpretarea lui Paul Beaseley in filmul
The Great Man
(1958) i-a adus nominaliz?ri la
Premiul Globul de Aur
pentru ?cel mai bun actor in rol secundar” ?i la
Premiul BAFTA
pentru ?cel mai bun actor str?in”. Anul urm?tor a ob?inut prima (?i singura) nominalizare la
Premiul Oscar pentru cel mai bun actor in rol secundar
pentru rolul dlui Dussell in
Jurnalul Annei Frank
(1959). ?ase ani mai tarziu, el a ap?rut in filmul epic biblic
The Greatest Story Ever Told
.
Posibil cea mai amintit? apari?ie a lui intr-un film a fost in filmul
Mary Poppins
(1964) al lui Walt Disney, in care l-a interpretat pe excentricul unchi Albert plutind chiar sub tavan intr-o veselie necontrolat? ?i cantand ?I Love to Laugh”.
Wynn a murit pe 19 iunie 1966 in
Beverly Hills, California
in urma unui
cancer esofagian
, la varsta de 79 de ani. El este inmormantat in Forest Lawn Memorial Park din
Glendale
, in Marele Mausoleu, Daffodil Corridor, Columbarium of the Dawn, al?turi de fiul s?u,
Keenan Wynn
, nepoata lui, Emily Wynn (13 februarie 1960 ? 27 noiembrie 1980), care a murit de
lupus
, ?i sora lui mai mare, Blanche Leopold (18 mai 1880 ? 26 decembrie 1973). Pe placa de bronz de pe ni?a lui scrie: ?Dear God, Thanks... Ed Wynn”. Potrivit nepoatei sale, Hilda Levine,
Walt Disney
, care a murit cu doar cateva luni mai tarziu, a servit ca unul dintre purt?torii sicriului. Red Skelton, care a fost descoperit de Wynn, a declarat: ?moartea este prima dat? cand a f?cut vreodat? pe cineva trist”.
[16]
- The Deacon and the Lady
(1910) ?
musical
? actor/performer
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1914
(1914) ? revue ? actor/performer
- Ziegfeld Follies of 1915
(1915) ? revue ? actor/performer
- The Passing Show of 1916
(1916) ? revue ? actor/performer
- Sometime
(1918) ? play ? actor
- Ed Wynn's Carnival
(1920) ? revue ? composer, lyricist, book-writer and performer/actor
- The All-Star Idlers of 1921
(1921) ? revue ? actor/performer
- The Perfect Fool
(1921) ? revue ? composer, lyricist, book-writer, director and actor/performer
- The Grab Bag
(1924) ? revue ? producer, composer, lyricist, book-writer and actor/performer
- Manhattan Mary
(1927) ?
musical
? actor in the role of "Crickets"
- Rubber Heels
(1927) ? actor (Homer Thrush)
- Simple Simon
(1930) ? musical ? co-book-writer and actor
- Revived in 1931 (was also producer in addition to above roles)
- Follow the Leader
(1930) ? actor (Crickets)
- The Laugh Parade
(1931) ? revue ? producer, co-book-writer, director, originator and star actor/performer
- Turn Back the Clock
(1933) ? actor (as Cigar Store Customer), necreditat
- The Chief
(1933) ? actor (Henry Summers)
- Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) ? actor, necreditat
- Alice Takat
(1936) ? play ? producer
- Hooray for What!
(1937) ? musical ? actor in the role of "Chuckles"
- Boys and Girls Together
(1940) ? revue ? producer, co-book-writer, originator, director and actor/performer
- Morose Thoughts
(1941) ? revue ? producer, book co-author, and actor
- Laugh, Town, Laugh!
(1942) ? revue ? producer, book-writer and director
- Stage Door Canteen
(1943) ? el insu?i (Ed Wynn)
- Alice in Wonderland
(1951) ? voice actor (as Mad Hatter)
- The Great Man
(1956) ? actor (as Paul Beaseley)
- Marjorie Morningstar
(1958) ? actor (as uncle Samson)
- Wagon Train (1959) - Episode "The Cappy Darrin Story" - Actor (as Cappy Darrin)
- The Diary of Anne Frank
(1959) ? actor (as
Fritz Pfeffer
)
- The Twilight Zone
episode "
One for the Angels
" (1959) ? actor (Lou Bookman)
- Cinderfella
(1960) ? actor (as the fairy godfather)
- The Absent-Minded Professor
(1961) ? actor (as Fire Chief)
- Babes in Toyland
(1961) ? actor (as The Toy Maker)
- Rawhide TV
(1961) ? (Twenty Five Santa Clauses)
- The Sound of Laughter
(1962) ? actor (as host and narrator)
- The Twilight Zone
episode "Ninety Years Without Slumbering" (1963) ? actor (Sam Forstmann)
- Son of Flubber
(1963 film) ? actor (as Dept. of Agriculture agent)
- The Patsy
(1964) ? actor (Ed Wynn)
- Mary Poppins
(1964) ? actor (unchiul Albert)
- Dear Brigitte
(1965 film) ? actor (as The Captain and Narrator)
- Those Calloways
(1965) ? actor (Ed Parker)
- Bonanza
episode "The Ponderosa Birdman" (1965) ? actor (as Professor Phineas T. Klump)
- The Greatest Story Ever Told
(1965) ? actor (as Old Aram)
- 1965
Acea pisic? blestemat?
(That Darn Cat!), regia
Robert Stevenson
- The Daydreamer
(1966) ? voice actor (as The Emperor)
- The Gnome-Mobile
(1967) ? actor (Rufus) ? lansat dup? moartea lui (ultimul rol din film)
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CONOR
[*]
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(authority control file for author and corporate names in Slovene system COBISS)|]]
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Obituary
Variety
, 22 iunie 1966, p. 71.
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Wilfred T. Neill (
).
?Famed comedian Ed Wynn once owned theater in New Port Richey”
.
St. Petersburg Times
. Accesat in
.
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Biography of Ed Wynn at
Turner Classic Movies
.
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"New York Hoorays for Ed Wynn"
[1]
,
LIFE
, 20 decembrie 1937, p. 46, accessed 31 mai 2011.
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"August Clown"
[2]
,
LIFE
, 26 iulie 1948, p. 74, accessed 31 mai 2011.
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"August Clown"
[3]
,
LIFE
, 26 iulie 1948, p. 70, accessed 31 mai 2011.
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Time
, 1 iulie 1966