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Shelley Berman

Actor / Screenwriter / Teacher / Writer / Comedian / Film Director / Film Producer | * 02/03/1925 († 92, 09/01/2017) | Chicago, Illinois (CHI) (United States of America (USA))
Sheldon Leonard Berman (February 3, 1925 – September 1, 2017) was an American comedian, actor, writer, teacher, and lecturer. He was awarded three gold records for his comedy albums and he won the first Grammy Award for a spoken comedy recording in 1959. In 2008 he was nominated for an Emmy Award for his portrayal of Larry David's father on Curb Your Enthusiasm. Berman taught humor writing at the University of Southern California for more than 20 years. ()

Shelley Berman (1925–2017) was an American comedian, actor, writer, teacher, lecturer, and poet.

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Most frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Crime

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An Israeli counterterrorism soldier with a secretly fabulous ambition to become a Manhattan hairstylist. Zohan's desire runs so deep that he'll do anything -- including faking his own death and going ...

You Don't Mess with the Zohan

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2008 | 2.9/5 | 1h 53min
Comedy, Action
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Hard-to-crack ex-CIA man Jack Byrnes and his wife Dina head for the warmer climes of Florida to meet the parents of their son-in-law-to-be, Greg Focker. Unlike their happily matched offspring, the fut ...

Meet the Fockers

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2004 | 3.1/5 | 1h 55min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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Two women, one from the United States and one from the United Kingdom, swap homes at Christmas time after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes tha ...

The Holiday

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2006 | 3.5/5 | 2h 16min
Comedy, Romance / Love
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The off-kilter, unscripted comic vision of Larry David, who plays himself in a parallel universe in which he can't seem to do anything right, and, by his standards, neither can anyone else. ...

Curb Your Enthusiasm

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2000- | 4.1/5
Comedy
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Movies with Shelley Berman as Actor(21)

as Self (archive footage)2021 Live at Mister Kelly's
2013 When Jews Were Funny
as himself2011 Looking for Lenny
as Ira (voice)2010 The Legend of Secret Pass
as Zohan's Father2008 You Don't Mess with the Zohan
2007 Cutting Edge Comedians of the '60s & '70s
as Norman2006 The Holiday
as himself2005 The Aristocrats
as Judge Ira2004 Meet the Fockers
as Poker Player2000 The Last Producer
as himself1992 Carol Leifer: Gaudy, Bawdy & Blue
as Stromberg1990 Elliot Fauman, Ph.D.
as Mr. Weaver1989 Teen Witch
as Bill Slotnik1987 Rented Lips
as A.J. Livwright1979 Brenda Starr, Reporter
as Mr. Carmel, Hair Stylist1972 Beware! The Blob
as Nat Kaplan1970 Every Home Should Have One
as David Grieff1967 Divorce American Style
as Sheldon Bascomb1964 The Best Man
as himself1960 The Fabulous Fifties
as Stoned Beatnik (uncredited)1955 Dementia

TV Shows/Series with Shelley Berman as Actor(56)

2009 The Unusuals
as Danny Rose2008 Raising the Bar
as Gustav Hofer2007 Pushing Daisies
as Dr. Froman2006 Hannah Montana
as Jed Sorento2005 Grey's Anatomy
2004 Entourage
as George Savar2004 CSI: NY
as Judge Robert Sanders2004 Boston Legal
as Theo2003 Dead Like Me
as Nobby Frostybump2001 Lizzie McGuire
2001 That's My Bush!
2001 The Bernie Mac Show
2000 Even Stevens
as Nat David2000 Curb Your Enthusiasm
1999 Providence
as Skitch1998 The King of Queens
as Mr. Kaplan Jr.1994 Friends
1992 The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
as Ben Flicker1986 L.A. Law
1985 MacGyver
1985 The Second City 25th Anniversary Special
as Al1984 Night Court
1984 Brothers
as Josh Bevin1982 Knight Rider
1982 Hotel
1982 Matt Houston
1979 Eischied
1978 Vega$
1978 Flying High
as Desperate Car Owner (uncredited)1977 CHiPs
1974 Police Woman
1970 The Mary Tyler Moore Show
1968 That's Life
as himself1967 Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In
1966 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.
1965 Mister Roberts
as Mr. Brinkman1964 Bewitched
as Self - Comedian1964 The Hollywood Palace
as King Dmitri1963 Burke's Law
1963 Breaking Point
as himself1963 The Judy Garland Show
as himself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as himself1962 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Mendel Sorkin1959 Rawhide
as Archibald Beechcroft1959 The Twilight Zone
1958 Peter Gunn
as himself1958 Kraft Music Hall
as himself1957 The Lux Show
as himself1956 The Steve Allen Show
as Self - Drunk on Telephone1956 The Steve Allen Show
as himself1956 The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
as Stanley1953 GE Theater
as Self - Panelist1950 What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest1950 What's My Line?
as himself1948 The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self - Comedian1948 The Ed Sullivan Show

Movies with Shelley Berman as Crew(1)

Directing/Director1975 Keep Off My Grass!

Born: Tuesday, 02/03 1925 (February) in Chicago, Illinois (CHI) (United States of America (USA))
Died: Friday, 09/01 2017 (September) in Bell Canyon (aged: 92)
Zodiac sign: Aquarius (Chinese zodiac sign: Ox)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Educated at: Art Institute of Chicago, HB Studio
Employer: University of Southern California, University of California
Record Label: Verve Records
Influenced by/Role models: Irwin Corey
Shelley Berman frequently works together with these people:
Robert McCord (18x, Actor)
Mickey Rooney (17x, Actor)
Jack Carter (16x, Actor)
Cesar Romero (15x, Actor)
Wally Cox (15x, Actor)
Peter Lawford (14x, Actor)
Red Buttons (14x, Actor)
Sammy Davis Jr. (14x, Actor)
Johnny Carson (14x, Actor)
Broderick Crawford (13x, Actor)
Polly Bergen (13x, Actress)
Martin Mull (4x, Actor)
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