Milton Berle

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Born: 7/12/1908 · New York, NY

Biography: Few American comedians have had so aggressive a "stage mother" as did Milton Berle. Berle's mother Sarah dragged her son to New Jersey's Edison movie studios in 1914 to do extra work, then finessed the lad into supporting roles, including the part of a newsboy in the first-e …

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ActorAll Actor Credits

Two Heads Are Better Than None [Movie] as Uncle Leo

2000

Steve Allen's 75th Birthday Celebration [Movie]

1997

Due South: Body Language [TV Series] as Shelley Litvak

1995

Storybook [Movie] as Illuzor

1995

The Real Story of Au Clair de la Lune [Movie] as Prince of Darkness

1994

Hello Kaye Ballard! [TV Series]

1993

DirectorAll Director Credits

Milton Berle: The Second Time Around [TV Documentary Series] [TV Series]

1989

Milton Berle Invites You to a Night at La Cage [TV Series]

1986

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Milton Berle: The Second Time Around [TV Documentary Series] [TV Series]

1989

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Manifesto [Movie]

1989

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Postcard From London: Cozy With Cross-Dressing

07/03/09 I have yet to spot a transvestite on the arm of any worldly woman I know (though you never can tell, can you?), but I certainly seem destined to spend a lot of time with cross-dressers as long as I'm frequenting the West End. Not one but two mainstream musicals about "gender illusionists" (to use the preferred term of respect) are big wholesome hits this season: "Priscilla, Queen of the Desert," which I caught Thursday at the Palace Theater, and the revival of "La Cage Aux Folles," which I'm seeing Saturday at the Playhouse Theater. | ArtsBeat - The New York Times
Alec Gallup, son of poll founder, dies at 81

06/25/09 Alec Gallup, 81, who served as chairman of his family's business, the Gallup Poll, which was started by his father and is considered among the most-trusted political polls in the United States, died of a heart ailment June 22 at his home in Princeton, N.J. George Gallup Sr. founded the Gallup Poll in 1935, devising random-sampling techniques to allow for much greater statistical accuracy. | St. Paul Pioneer Press - St. Paul MN
TV Notes: Sharon Gless plays a scene-stealer

06/17/09 Sharon Gless plays women with toughness, drive and, when it counts, a comic streak. | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA
Problems linger after DTV transition

06/17/09 The shutdown of U.S. analog TV service on Friday appears to have gone relatively smoothly, but as expected, a lot of viewers are having problems getting the stations they want. | Variety
Reception Problems Linger After TV Change

06/16/09 (AP) The shutdown of U.S. analog TV service on Friday appears to have gone relatively smoothly, but as expected, a lot of viewers are having problems getting the stations they want. | TheShowBuzz
Digital television arrives with a hiss for some in Iowa

06/12/09 The television transmission technology in use since the days of Milton Berle and Howdy Doody faded into history Friday. | The Des Moines Register - Des Moines IA
Digital switch puts a few TVs out of use

06/12/09 TV shows were replaced by the hiss of static in perhaps 1 million U.S. homes Friday as stations ended their analog broadcasts and abandoned the transmission technology in use since the days of Milton Berle, Sid Caesar and Howdy Doody. | mySA - San Antonio TX
Analog Is Dead. Long Live Digital?

06/12/09 I teach TV history at Rowan University, and today ? right now, all over the country ? TV history is being made. | NPR
Q&A: The Coming DTV Changeover

06/09/09 Tuning in just isn't as straightforward as it used to be. | Newsweek
Today in History - June 8

06/07/09 On June 8, A.D. 632, the prophet Muhammad died in Medina. | San Francisco Chronicle - San Francisco CA
Storytelling: Ice cream, the childhood taste that never fails to delight

06/01/09 Among our relatives in Johnstown, we were the first to get a television. | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - Pittsburgh PA
No French Connection For Venus

05/29/09 Venus Williams was ousted from the French Open by Agnes Szavay , 6-0, 6-4, losing in the third round for the third straight year. | The Hartford Courant - Hartford CT
Hecklers as critics, critics as hecklers and comics as critics

05/05/09 We all know people whose egos are so enormously sensitive (or sensitively enormous) that they seem to remember every affront they've ever suffered. | scanners :: blog
There Is No Lock To Win 'American Idol,' But Allison May Be Out Tonight

04/29/09 -So it's big band night, or Rat Pack night as they're calling it. | Starpulse News Blog
RuPaul's Drag Race: When A Fairy Met Sally

03/05/09 Before we get started, a few of you have inquired as to how I got my charming surname. | TVgasm
GALACTICA!! CAPRICA!! DOLLHOUSE!! DR. HORRIBLE!! DAISIES!! FRINGE!! BIG LOVE!! TRUE BLOOD!! SUNNY!! PaleyFest09!!

02/18/09 Lucky people in Los Angeles in April get to hike down to the Arclight to see lots of cool TV events. | Ain't It Cool News

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