Jackie Gleason

@Actors, Timeline and Facts ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Jackie Gleason was an American comedian and actor Cancer Celebrities School Dropouts American Film & Theater Personalities Actors Comedians Pisces Celebrities The famous American actor and comedian Jackie Gleason was known for his brazen comedy style. After the death of his mother, he moved to New York City and found his first professional gigs as a comedian. He was spotted by film studio executive Jack L. Warner, who signed him to a contract with Warner Bros. When Warner Bros chose not to renew his contract, he returned to New York from Hollywood, and made a name for himself as a Broadway performer, appearing in productions including, “Follow the Girls”. Taking advantage of the rising television media, he signed to star in, “The Life of Riley”, as the titular husband and father, bumbling his way through daily events. He began hosting and performing in his, “Cavalcade of Stars”, and later, “The Jackie Gleason Show”, on CBC. Among the skits regularly featured on the show was an ongoing routine focusing on bus driver Ralph Kramden, his wife Alice, and their neighbors Ed and Trixie Norton. This became an hour long sitcom called, “The Honeymooners”. He acted in several movies such as, “The Hustler”, “Smokey and the Bandit” and its two sequels, and “The Toy”. Apart from these, he shone in Broadway winning a Tony Award for “Take Me Along”. He also made his mark in the music industry with a series of best-selling “mood music”.

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Birthday: February 26, 1916 Died on: June 24, 1987 Nationality: American Famous: School Dropouts, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Comedians Spouses: Beverly McKittrick (1970–1975), Genevieve Halford (1936–1970), Marilyn Taylor (1975–1987) Siblings: Clemence Known as: John Herbert Gleason Information Detail Birthday February 26, 1916 Died on June 24, 1987 Nationality American Famous School Dropouts, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Comedians Spouses Beverly McKittrick (1970–1975), Genevieve Halford (1936–1970), Marilyn Taylor (1975–1987) Siblings Clemence Known as John Herbert Gleason Childrens Geraldine Gleason, Linda Miller Universities John Adams High School Bushwick High School Cause of death Cancer Birth Place Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, U.S Religion Roman Catholic Epitaphs And away we go! Gender Male Father Herbert Walton Mother Mae Net Worth $10 million Sun Sign Pisces Born in Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, U.S Famous as Comedian Died at Age 71

Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, U.S

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Gleason married Genevieve in 1936, and they had two daughters, Geraldine and Linda. He married two more times: to Beverly McKittrick, and then to Marilyn, June Taylor’s sister. Unsplash Personal Life

This American actor and comedian would only travel by train as he developed a fear of flying after his flight made an emergency landing. Unsplash Personal Life

This famous American comedian was a voracious reader of books on the paranormal parapsychology and UFOs. Unsplash Personal Life

Gleason was born on February 26, 1916 in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn to Mae “Maisie”, a subway change-booth attendant, and Herbert Walton “Herb” Gleason, an insurance auditor. His only sibling, Clemence, died of meningitis at age 14. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

He was raised by his mother after his father abandoned the family in 1925. He attended John Adams High School in Queens and Bushwick High School in Brooklyn, but did not graduate from either. Unsplash Childhood & Early Life

Gleason’s mother died in 1935, leaving him homeless and penniless. His friend, Sammy Birch, shared a city hotel room with him, and informed him of a one-week job in Reading, Pennsylvania. Unsplash Career and Later Life

The young comedian’s career picked up in 1938, when he won several bookings at Manhattan nightspots. This exposure brought a role in the Broadway musical, “Keep Off the Grass”. Unsplash Career and Later Life

In 1941, film mogul Jack Warner saw his act at the Club 18, liked the comedian’s loudmouthed, off-color performance, and signed him to a contract on the spot. Unsplash Career and Later Life

Though cast in minor roles films between 1941 and 1942, including “Navy Blues”, “Larceny, Inc.”, “All Through the Night”, “Springtime in the Rockies”, and “Orchestra Wives”, production banners were reluctant to renew his contract. Unsplash Career and Later Life

He appeared in the hit Broadway musical, “Follow the Girls”, in 1944, about a striptease queen who becomes the star attraction at a servicemen’s club, and gained some recognition. Unsplash Career and Later Life

“The Jackie Gleason Show” is the name of a series of popular American network television shows that starred Jackie Gleason, which ran from 1952 to 1970, in various forms. Unsplash Major Works

Gleason’s most popular character was blustery bus driver, Ralph Kramden, in sitcom, “The Honeymooners” that centered on Ralph’s many get-rich-quick schemes becoming the No. 2 show in the United States in its first season. Unsplash Major Works

In the 1961 classic “The Hustler”, he was nominated for the National Board of Review Award, Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award. Unsplash Major Works

Information	Detail
Birthday	February 26, 1916
Died on	June 24, 1987
Nationality	American
Famous	School Dropouts, Film & Theater Personalities, Actors, Comedians
Spouses	Beverly McKittrick (1970–1975), Genevieve Halford (1936–1970), Marilyn Taylor (1975–1987)
Siblings	Clemence
Known as	John Herbert Gleason
Childrens	Geraldine Gleason, Linda Miller
Universities	John Adams High School Bushwick High School
Cause of death	Cancer
Birth Place	Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, U.S
Religion	Roman Catholic
Epitaphs	And away we go!
Gender	Male
Father	Herbert Walton
Mother	Mae
Net Worth	$10 million
Sun Sign	Pisces
Born in	Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, U.S
Famous as	Comedian
Died at Age	71

Jackie Gleason

American

Feb 26, 1916

Biography

Personal Details

Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York, U.S