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About this star

  • Category: Live theatre
  • Unveiled: 09 Oct 1985
  • Star rank: 473
  • Address:
    6757 Hollywood Blvd
  • Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
  • GPS location:
    34.101676, -118.337644

Joel Grey

Next star: Richard Arlen
Previous star: Ilka Chase

Biography

Joel Grey (born April 11, 1932) is an American stage and screen actor, singer, and dancer, known for his role as the Master of Ceremonies in both the stage and film adaptation of the Kander & Ebb musical Cabaret. He has won the Academy Award, Tony Award and Golden Globe Award. He also originated the role of the Wizard in the musical Wicked. Grey is featured in the Broadway revival of Anything Goes as Moonface Martin, which opened on April 7, 2011.

Fact file

  • Born: Joel David Katz April 11, 1932 (age 80) Cleveland, Ohio, United States
  • Occupation: Actor, dancer, singer
  • Years active: 1951 – present
  • Spouse: Jo Wilder (1958–1982)

Read more about Joel Grey at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

In the news

Mary Tyler Moore, Elaine Stritch, Joel Grey, John Dossett Will Pay Tribute to Bernadette Peters at New Dramatists Luncheon
Playbill Combined , 2012-05-15 15:20:00
New Dramatists will honor two-time Tony winner Bernadette Peters, recently on Broadway in the critically acclaimed revival of Follies, with the 2012 Lifetime Achievement Award at its 63rd Annual Spring Luncheon tribute, which will be held May 24 at the New York Marriott Marquis.

PHOTO CALL: David Alan Grier, Joel Grey, Elizabeth A. Davis, Michael Imperioli Honor Harry Connick Jr. at NCTF Gala
Playbill Combined , 2012-05-01 16:03:00
Tony Award nominee Harry Connick, Jr. was among the honorees at the National Corporate Theatre Fund's annual Chairman's Awards Gala, Funding New American Theatre, April 30 at New York City's Pierre Hotel.

PHOTO CALL: Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Debbie Reynolds and More Celebrate 40th Anniversary of "Cabaret" Film
Playbill Combined , 2012-04-13 17:41:00
Liza Minnelli, Joel Grey, Debbie Reynolds and more were on hand at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood April 12 to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the "Cabaret" film. The event kicked off the 2012 TCM Classic Film Festival.

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