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  • Category: Television
  • Star rank: 650
  • Address:
    6291 Hollywood Blvd
  • Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing east
  • GPS location:
    34.101747, -118.326433

Milton Berle

Next star: Milton Sills
Previous star: Allan Dwan

Biography

circa 1950

Source: findagrave.com

Milton Berle (born Milton Berlinger, July 12, 1908 – March 27, 2002) was an American comedian and actor. As the host of NBC’s Texaco Star Theater (1948–55), he was the first major American television star and was known to millions of viewers as “Uncle Miltie” and “Mr. Television” during TV’s golden age.

Fact file

  • Born: Milton Berlinger July 12, 1908 New York, New York, U.S.
  • Died: March 27, 2002 (aged 93) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
  • Cause of death: Colon Cancer
  • Residence: Los Angeles, California
  • Nationality: American
  • Other names: Mr. Television, Uncle Miltie
  • Alma mater: Professional Children’s School
  • Occupation: Actor/Comedian
  • Years active: 1914–2000
  • Influenced by: Charlie Chaplin, Groucho Marx
  • Influenced: Don Rickles, Johnny Carson, Larry the Cable Guy, Nipsey Russell
  • Home town: New York City, New York
  • Religion: Judaism and Christian Science
  • Spouse: Joyce Mathews (1941–1947;1949–1950) Ruth Cosgrove (1953–1989) Lorna Adams (1991–2002)
  • Children: 3

Read more about Milton Berle at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

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    6783 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood Blvd, north side, between McCadden and Highland

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Elvis Presley On Milton Berle: The Pelvis That Shook The World
LAist - News from LA, 2011-06-05 20:00:00
Elvis Presley's June 5, 1956 appearance on The Milton Berle Show was not his first television performance, or even his first hang with Uncle Miltie. However THIS performance, shot at the former NBC Studios Hollywood at Sunset and Vine, was the debut of the scandalous Presley pelvis -- a shimmying, ...

Iconic Friars Club of Beverly Hills Building Being Razed
Hollywood Reporter, 2011-01-28 04:07:11
Daniel Miller Demolition of the distinctive Santa Monica Blvd. location that was a hot spot for Milton Berle, Al Jolson and the Rat Pack began earlier this week.read more

Hollywood Blvd, north side, between Argyle and Vine

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