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Cliff Osmond
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Born
| Clifford Osman Ebrahim
(
1937-02-26
)
February 26, 1937
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Died
| December 22, 2012
(2012-12-22)
(aged 75)
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Cause of death
| Pancreatic cancer
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Nationality
| American
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Education
| Dartmouth College
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Alma mater
| University of California, Los Angeles
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Occupation(s)
| Actor, screenwriter, director, producer, writer
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Years active
| 1961 – 2012
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Spouse
| Gretchen Ebrahim (
m.
1950–2012)
(his death)
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Children
| Margaret Ebrahim,
Eric Ebrahim
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Cliff Osmond
(
Clifford Osman Ebrahim
, February 26, 1937 – December 22, 2012) was an
American
actor, screenwriter, director, writer, and producer who is known for his roles in
Irma la Douce
,
The Fortune Cookie
, and in
Kiss Me Stupid
.
Osmond was born on February 26, 1937 in
Jersey City
,
New Jersey
. He was raised in
Union City
,
New Jersey
. Osmond studied at
Dartmouth College
and at the
University of California, Los Angeles
. He was married to Gretchen Ebrahim from the 1950s until his death in 2012. They had two children, Margaret and Eric Ebrahim.
Osmond's career would begin in 1961 in the television show
The Riffleman
. Then he would appear in other movies such as
Wild and Wonderful
,
Three Guns for Texas
,
Invation of the Bee Girls
,
The Front Page
,
The Great Brain
,
The North Avenue Irregulars
, and in his last well-known role in
For Which He Stands
in 1996. After he stopped acting and later he began to direct and produce shows or television movies.
[1]
He directed his last movie before his death
Bxx: Haunted
in 2012.
Osmond died on December 22, 2012 in his home in
Pacific Palisades
,
California
from
pancreatic cancer
, aged 75.
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