Charles Grodin
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04/20/1935
Pittsburgh, PA |
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| Elected class president all four years he was in high school and graduated class valedictorian. |
| First acting role was in a Broadway production of Tchin-Tchin in 1962. |
| Best-selling author whose works include It Would Be So Nice If You Weren't Here: My Journey Through Show Business (1989), How I Get Through Life: A Wise and Witty Guide (1992), Freddi |
| Turned down Dustin Hoffman's role in The Graduate because of a salary dispute. |
| Was inspired to pursue acting after seeing Montgomery Clift in A Place in the Sun. |
| Authored several plays, beginning with 1990's The Price of Fame. |
