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  1. Brooks was born Albert Lawrence Einstein on July 22, 1947 into a Jewish show business family in Beverly Hills, California, to Thelma Leeds (née Goodman), an actress, and Harry Einstein, a radio comedian who performed on Eddie Cantor's radio program and was known as "Parkyakarkus".

  2. May 3, 2024 · Brooks was the son of a radio comedian and grew up in Beverly Hills, where his childhood friends included Rob Reiner, son of comedy icon Carl Reiner. He studied drama at Carnegie Tech (now Carnegie Mellon University) in Pittsburgh but dropped out to pursue a career in stand-up comedy.

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  3. Nov 6, 2016 · The son of comedian Harry Einstein (who performed as Parkyakarkus) and actress/singer Thelma Leeds, Brooks grew up in a Beverly Hills steeped in showbiz — his father died when Albert was eleven, after appearing at a Friars Club Roast for Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz.

  4. Born and raised in Los Angeles, Brooks studied drama at Carnegie Mellon University before starting his performing career in 1968, doing stand-up comedy on network television.

  5. Dec 17, 2012 · The actor and director talks to Judd Apatow about his appearance in This Is 40, his Tweeting habits, and his thoughts on death.

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  7. Sep 13, 2011 · Here are at least a few exhibits in that case: “Defending Your Life” (1991) Just after Brooks’s character arrives in Judgment City, he goes to a nightclub and ends up watching a terrible...

  8. Jul 18, 2022 · The best place to start – Real Life. In his feature directorial debut, Real Life (1979) – which satirises documentary series An American Family (1973), widely considered to be America’s first reality show – Brooks immediately established himself as a crazed poet of the neurotic and a formidable font of creativity.

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