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Jonathan Harshman Winters (November 11, 1925 – April 11, 2013) was an American comedian, actor, author, television host, and artist. He started performing as a stand up comedian before transitioning his career to acting in film and television.
Jonathan Winters. Actor: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Jonathan Harshman Winters III was born on November 11, 1925 in Dayton, Ohio. His father, Jonathan Harshman Winters II, was a banker who became an alcoholic after being crushed in the Great Depression. His parents divorced in 1932.
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- Dayton, Ohio, USA
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- Montecito, California, USA
Jonathan Winters. Actor: It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World. Jonathan Harshman Winters III was born on November 11, 1925 in Dayton, Ohio. His father, Jonathan Harshman Winters II, was a banker who became an alcoholic after being crushed in the Great Depression. His parents divorced in 1932.
- November 11, 1925
- April 11, 2013
Jul 16, 2024 · Jonathan Winters (born November 11, 1925, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.—died April 11, 2013, Montecito, California) was an American comedian who used sound effects, facial contortions, a gift for mimicry, and breakneck improvisational skills to entertain nightclub, radio, television, and film audiences.
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Apr 12, 2013 · Jonathan Winters, the rubber-faced comedian whose unscripted flights of fancy inspired a generation of improvisational comics, and who kept television audiences in stitches with Main Street...
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Apr 12, 2013 · Jonathan Winters, the rotund, rubber-faced, squinty-eyed master of impressions and improvisational comedy who became a staple of late-night television for decades and was a mentor to Robin...
Jonathan Winters was the most gifted improviser of comedy show business has ever seen. His approach was completely unique and his delivery was impossible for anybody else to do. His comedy appeared to be intense and bordering on the crazy because Jon was, in his own words, “an active mental patient.”. The host of the Tonight Show called him ...
