Bernard Shalom Kotzin, known as Stubby Kaye, was an American actor, comedian, vaudevillian, and singer, known for his appearances on Broadway and in film musicals.
15 Facts About Stubby Kaye
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Stubby Kaye's parents were Jewish-Americans originally from Russia and Austria-Hungary.
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Stubby Kaye's father, David Kotzin, was a dress salesman, and the former Harriet "Hattie" Freundlish was his mother.
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Stubby Kaye was raised in the Far Rockaway section of Queens and later in The Bronx, where he acted in student productions at DeWitt Clinton High School, and where he graduated in 1937.
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Stubby Kaye is best remembered for creating the role of Nicely-Nicely Johnson in Guys and Dolls, first on Broadway and then in the film version.
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Stubby Kaye played Marryin' Sam in Li'l Abner, again on both stage and screen.
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Stubby Kaye played the title character in Michael Winner's film The Cool Mikado.
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Stubby Kaye played Herman in the Universal musical film Sweet Charity, directed by Bob Fosse and starring Shirley MacLaine in the title role.
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Stubby Kaye made a guest appearance in the British series Doctor Who, in the serial "Delta and the Bannermen".
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Stubby Kaye's last featured film role was as Marvin Acme in Robert Zemeckis's film Who Framed Roger Rabbit.
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Stubby Kaye's first wife was Jeanne Watson from Chicago, who was a clerical worker at the movie studios in the late 1950s.
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Stubby Kaye's second wife, Angela Bracewell, was a former dancer at the London Palladium whom he met while living in Britain.
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Stubby Kaye was the hostess of the British version of the Beat the Clock game show, a segment of Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium.
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Stubby Kaye was a second cousin of comedian Bill Maher.
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Stubby Kaye died on December 14,1997, of lung cancer at the age of 79.