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May 8, 2024 · Ed Asner, American actor known for his trademark husky voice and his role as Lou Grant, a gruff news producer on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–77). His other notable credits included the TV miniseries Roots (1977) and the movies Up (2003) and Elf (2009). Learn more about Asner’s life and career.
Aug 30, 2021 · Ed Asner, best-known for playing fictional TV newsman Lou Grant, has died aged 91. The actor, whose roles also included voicing the lead in the Pixar film Up, passed away "peacefully" on Sunday ...
Aug 30, 2021 · Ed Asner, actor who played Lou Grant on ‘Mary Tyler Moore Show,’ dies at 91. Asner was just past 40 when “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” debuted and less than a third of the way through his ...
Aug 29, 2021 · Ed Asner, 'Mary Tyler Moore Show' actor, dead at 91. 02:25 - Source: CNN. CNN —. Ed Asner played Lou Grant for a dozen years, first in a beloved sitcom (“The Mary Tyler Moore Show”) and then ...
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Apr 2, 2014 · Ed Asner was an American actor who got his big break when he landed the part of gruff newsman Lou Grant on The Mary Tyler Moore Show. When that popular sitcom ended, Asner continued with the drama ...
Edward Asner. Actor: Up. Edward Asner was born of Russian Jewish parentage in Kansas City, to Morris David Asner (founder and owner of the Kansas City-based Asner Iron & Metal Company) and his wife Elizabeth "Lizzie" (Seliger). After attending college, Ed worked various jobs, including in a steel mill, as a door-to-door salesman and on an assembly line for General Motors. Between 1947 and 1949 ...
Aug 29, 2021 · Marchand won Outstanding Continuing Performance for her supporting actress role in “Lou Grant.”. Asner, the blustery but lovable Lou Grant in two successful television series, has died. He was 91. Asner’s representative confirmed the death in an email Sunday, Aug. 29, 2021, to The Associated Press.
