August 14, 1945
The son of a real estate executive, Martin moved to
Garden Grove, California, as a child, where he worked at Disneyland during his
teens. At Disneyland, he entertained crowds with magic tricks and later with
banjo music and comedy. He eventually studied theater arts at UCLA and broke
into show business as a comedy writer. In 1969, he won an Emmy for his writing
on the hit comedy show The Smothers Brothers and later wrote and
appeared on other comedy-variety shows, including The Sonny and Cher Comedy
Hour.
Meanwhile, Martin began performing his own comedy at
nightclubs and on records. He was soon guest-hosting The Tonight Show
and appearing on Saturday Night Live, notably in the role of the
"wild and crazy guy."
Martin made his film debut in 1977 in The
Absent-Minded Waiter, which he wrote. After playing small but entertaining
roles in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) and The Muppet
Movie (1979), he starred in his first big hit, The Jerk (1979). He
appeared in numerous comedies in the 1980s, including All of Me (1984), Three
Amigos (1986), and Roxanne (1987), a modern adaptation of Cyrano
de Bergerac, for which he won the Writer's Guild Award for Best Adapted
Screenplay.
Martin is also a leading art collector, a playwright,
and an author. His play Picasso at the Lapin Agile ran in Los Angeles
and New York in the 1990s. His novella Shopgirl, published in 2000,
became a bestseller, and he frequently contributes to The New Yorker.
August 14, 1945
Steve
Martin, comedian, actor, and writer Steve Martin is born in Waco, Texas.
The son of a real estate executive, Martin moved to
Garden Grove, California, as a child, where he worked at Disneyland during his
teens. At Disneyland, he entertained crowds with magic tricks and later with
banjo music and comedy. He eventually studied theater arts at UCLA and broke
into show business as a comedy writer. In 1969, he won an Emmy for his writing
on the hit comedy show The Smothers Brothers and later wrote and
appeared on other comedy-variety shows, including The Sonny and Cher Comedy
Hour.
Meanwhile, Martin began performing his own comedy at
nightclubs and on records. He was soon guest-hosting The Tonight Show
and appearing on Saturday Night Live, notably in the role of the
"wild and crazy guy."
Martin made his film debut in 1977 in The
Absent-Minded Waiter, which he wrote. After playing small but entertaining
roles in Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) and The Muppet
Movie (1979), he starred in his first big hit, The Jerk (1979). He
appeared in numerous comedies in the 1980s, including All of Me (1984), Three
Amigos (1986), and Roxanne (1987), a modern adaptation of Cyrano
de Bergerac, for which he won the Writer's Guild Award for Best Adapted
Screenplay.
Martin is also a leading art collector, a playwright,
and an author. His play Picasso at the Lapin Agile ran in Los Angeles
and New York in the 1990s. His novella Shopgirl, published in 2000,
became a bestseller, and he frequently contributes to The New Yorker.
To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
Stay Tuned
Tony Figueroa
To quote the Bicentennial Minute, "And that's the way it was".
Stay Tuned
Tony Figueroa
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