Jonathan WintersAKA:
Jonathan Harshman Winters
Nationality:
American Birthdate:
11/11/1925 Birthplace:
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biography
A quick-witted, king of improvisation, Jonathan Winters has enjoyed a long and varied career in TV, live performances and the occasional film.The only son of a banker father and radio personality mother, Winters spent a difficult childhood shuttling between his divorced parents. By his own descriptions, his alcoholic father could be monstrous and his mother tended to want the spotlight focused on her. In order to escape, Winters enlisted in the US Marines at age 17 and spent over two years serving in the South Pacific. After WWII, he enrolled at Kenyon College and then transferred to the
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Milestone
Raised in Springfield, Ohio
Beginning at age 17, served two-and-one-half years in the South Pacific in the US Marine Corps during WWII
Encouraged by his wife, entered local talent contest which he won
1946
Hired by a Dayton radio station as a disc jockey
Moved to Columbus and worked for three years at WBNS-TV
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