Sheldon Leonard Berman was an American comedian, actor, writer, teacher, and lecturer.
18 Facts About Shelley Berman
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Shelley Berman played Larry David's father on Curb Your Enthusiasm, a role for which he received a 2008 Emmy Award nomination.
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Shelley Berman taught humor writing at the University of Southern California for more than 20 years.
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Shelley Berman was born in Chicago, the son of Irene and Nathan Shelley Berman.
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Shelley Berman served in the Navy during World War II.
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Shelley Berman then enrolled in Chicago's Goodman School of Drama at the Art Institute of Chicago as a drama student.
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Shelley Berman's acting career began with an acting company in Woodstock, Illinois.
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Shelley Berman began as a straight actor, receiving his training at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago, performing in stock companies in and around Chicago and New York City.
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In 1957, Shelley Berman was hired as a comedian at Mister Kelly's in Chicago, which led to other nightclub bookings, and a recording contract with Verve Records.
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Shelley Berman appeared on numerous television specials and all of the major variety shows of the day.
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Shelley Berman's voice was used as the inspiration for the voice of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Fibber Fox, performed by Daws Butler.
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Shelley Berman portrayed the role of Mendel Sorkin in an episode of CBS's Rawhide.
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Shelley Berman appeared fairly regularly as a panelist on the CBS game show What's My Line in the early and mid-1960s.
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From 2002 to 2009, Shelley Berman appeared as Larry David's aged father on Curb Your Enthusiasm, a role for which he received a 2008 Emmy Award nomination.
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For over 20 years, Shelley Berman was a lecturer in humor writing in the Master of Professional Writing program at the University of Southern California.
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Shelley Berman was a teacher for the Improv Olympics program.
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Shelley Berman died from Alzheimer's disease-related complications at his home in Bell Canyon, California, in the early morning of September 1,2017.
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Shelley Berman's archive was donated to the National Comedy Center in Jamestown, New York.