Joe E. Brown
American actor (1891–1973) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about the actor and comedian. For the Georgia governor, see Joseph E. Brown. For the South Carolina legislator, see Joe Ellis Brown.
Joseph Evans Brown (July 28, 1891 – July 6, 1973) was an American actor and comedian, remembered for his friendly screen persona, comic timing, and enormous elastic-mouth smile.[2] He was one of the most popular American comedians in the 1930s and 1940s, with films like A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), Earthworm Tractors (1936), and Alibi Ike (1935). In his later career Brown starred in Some Like It Hot (1959), as Osgood Fielding III, in which he utters the film's famous punchline "Well, nobody's perfect."
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Joe E. Brown | |
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Born | Joseph Evans Brown (1891-07-28)July 28, 1891[1] Holgate, Ohio, U.S. |
Died | July 6, 1973(1973-07-06) (aged 81) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Years active | 1928–1964 |
Spouse |
Kathryn Francis McGraw
(m. 1915) |
Children | 4, including Joe L. Brown |
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