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    Shelley Berman

    American comedian, actor, writer, and teacher

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  1. Observational comedy. Website. shelleyberman .com. Sheldon Leonard Berman (February 3, 1925 – September 1, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, writer, teacher, and lecturer. [1] He was awarded three gold records for his comedy albums and he won the first Grammy Award for a spoken comedy recording in 1959. [2]

  2. Sep 1, 2017 · Shelley Berman, whose brittle persona and anxiety-ridden observations helped redefine stand-up comedy in the late 1950s and early ’60s, died early Friday morning at his home in Bell Canyon ...

  3. Sep 1, 2017 · Shelley Berman, a widely popular GRAMMY-winning comedian in the late 1950s and 1960s who later came to prominence as an actor on shows like "Curb Your Enthusiasm," has died following a battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 92 years old. In 1957 Berman secured his first gig as a comedian at Mister Kelly's nightclub in his native Chicago, which ...

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  5. Sep 1, 2017 · Berman was the first comedian to win a Grammy Award, winning the inaugural Best Comedy Performance, Spoken Word in 1959 for his debut comedy album Inside Shelley Berman; the LP was also the first ...

  6. Sep 1, 2017 · Inside Shelley Berman, his live record released in 1959, became the first comedy album to go gold (reaching sales of 500,000 units) and was the first non-musical recording to win a Grammy Award ...

  7. Sep 1, 2017 · Shelley Berman, who tapped into the neuroses and frustrations of post-World War II America and brought an actor's sensibility to his monologues to become one of the top comedians of the late 1950s ...

  8. Sep 1, 2017 · NEW YORK --Comedian Shelley Berman, who won gold records and appeared on top television shows in the 1950s and 1960s delivering wry monologues about the annoyances of everyday life, has died. He ...

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