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Julius " Nipsey " Russell (September 15, 1918 – October 2, 2005) [1] [2] was an American actor, comedian, poet, and dancer best known for his appearances as a panelist on game shows from the 1960s through the 1990s, including Match Game, Password, Hollywood Squares, To Tell the Truth, and Pyramid. His appearances were often distinguished by ...
3 days ago · Nipsey Russell (born September 15, 1918, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.—died October 2, 2005, New York, New York) American actor and comedian known for the clever impromptu verses that he created for his television appearances. Russell was raised in Atlanta, where he began performing as a child in a singing and dancing troupe.
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Oct 4, 2005 · Nipsey Russell, who played the Tin Man alongside Diana Ross and Michael Jackson in "The Wiz" as part of a decades-long career in stage, television and film, has died. He was 80. The actor, who had ...
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Nipsey Russell. Actor: The Wiz. Nipsey Russell was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1918. He got his start in Rock and Roll Review and other music revues in the 1950s. In the 1960s Russell achieved his first major role as Officer Anderson in Car 54, Where Are You? (1961). After being on the show for a year, Russell was a mainstay on variety shows, appearing on Laugh-In, The Dean Martin...
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- October 2, 2005
Nipsey Russell. Actor: The Wiz. Nipsey Russell was born in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1918. He got his start in Rock and Roll Review and other music revues in the 1950s. In the 1960s Russell achieved his first major role as Officer Anderson in Car 54, Where Are You?
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- Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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- New York City, New York, USA
Russell was born in Atlanta, Georgia, allegedly on September 15, 1918. As his birth certificate had gone missing, the precise date of his of his birth is not known. After his death in 2005, many of his lifelong friends claimed that he was 80 years old. He got the nickname “Nipsey” when he was a child as his mother “loved the way Nipsey ...
Oct 4, 2005 · Nipsey Russell, who played the Tin Man alongside Diana Ross and Michael Jackson in “The Wiz” as part of a decades-long career in stage, television and film, has died. He was 80. The actor, who ...
