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Ed
Asner
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actor Ed Asner grew up having to defend himself both vocally
and physically; he was raised in the only Jewish family in
his neighborhood. A born competitor, Asner played championship
football in high school, and organized a top-notch basketball
team which toured most of liberated Europe. Asner's performing
career got its start while he was announcing for his high
school radio station; moving to Chicago in the 1950s, the
actor was briefly a member of the Playwrights Theatre Club
until he went to New York to try his luck on Broadway. Asner
starred for several years in the off-Broadway production Threepenny
Opera, and, toward the end of the 1950s, he picked up the
occasional check as a film actor for industrial short subjects
and TV appearances. |
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