Billy Crystal
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03/13/1948
Long Beach, NY |
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| 1992's Mr. Saturday Night was his feature-film directorial debut. |
| Was to appear as a guest on the first episode of Saturday Night Live in 1975, but backed out after he was told that his segment had to be shortened. |
| Singer Billie Holiday was one of his babysitters. |
| Got his big TV break as Jodie Dallas on Soap, the first regular gay character on prime time. |
| Studied film under Martin Scorsese at NYU. |
| Went to Marshall University on a baseball scholarship, but transferred after one year. |
| Father was a jazz producer and owned a record shop, while his uncle Milton Gabler began the first independent jazz label, Commodore Records. |
