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 Alda at the launch of the World Science Festival, April 2008 |
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| Born | Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo January 28, 1936 Bronx, New York, USA |
| Occupation | Actor, author, activist, director, screenwriter |
| Years active | 1958 - present |
| Spouse(s) | Arlene Alda (1957-present) |
Alan Alda (born January 28, 1936) is a multiple award-winning American actor. The World Science Festival is a Science festival held in New York City and will be an annual event Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Arlene Alda (born Arlene Weiss on December 7, 1933 in New York City) is an American photographer, Clarinettist and Events 1077 - Walk to Canossa: The Excommunication of Henry IV Holy Roman Emperor is lifted Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works He is perhaps most known for his role as Hawkeye Pierce in the television series M*A*S*H. Captain Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce is a Fictional character and lead protagonist in the M*A*S*H novels, film, and Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic M*A*S*H was a Medical drama / Black comedy produced by 20th Television Fox for CBS. During the 1970s and 1980s he was viewed as the archetypal sympathetic male, though in recent years he has appeared in roles which counter that image. An archetype ( pronounced: /ˈɑːkɪtaɪp/ (Brit or /ˈɑrkɪtaɪp/ (Amer
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Biography
Family and early life
Alda was born Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo in New York City. The City of New York His father, Robert Alda (1914-1986) aka Alphonso Giovanni Giuseppe Roberto D'Abruzzo, was an actor and singer, and his mother, Joan Brown, was crowned Miss New York in a beauty pageant. Robert Alda ( February 26, 1914 – May 3, 1986) born Alfonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo, was an American Joan Brown was the mother of Alan Alda and former wife of actor Robert Alda. A beauty contest or beauty pageant is a competition based mainly though not always entirely on the physical beauty of its contestants and often incorporating Personality Alda is of Italian and Irish descent. An Italian American is an American of Italian descent and/or dual citizenship Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánach are citizens of the United States who can claim ancestry originating in Ireland. [1] His adopted surname "Alda" is a combination of ALfonso and D'Abruzzo. Alda has a half-brother, actor Antony Alda.
Alda contracted polio, aged 7, during an epidemic. Poliomyelitis, often called polio or infantile paralysis, is an acute viral Infectious disease spread from person to person primarily via His parents administered a painful treatment, developed by Sister Elizabeth Kenny, where hot woolen blankets were applied to the limbs and the muscles were stretched by massage. Elizabeth Kenny ( 20 September 1880 - 30 November 1952) was an Australian pioneering physical therapist [2] This treatment, though brutal, allowed Alda to recover much movement.
He attended Archbishop Stepinac High School in White Plains, New York and later received his bachelor's degree from Fordham College of Fordham University in the Bronx in 1956, where he was a student staff member of its FM radio station, WFUV. Archbishop Stepinac High School is an all-boys high school operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York, located in White Plains New York. The City of White Plains is the County seat of Westchester County New York. A bachelor's degree is usually an Undergraduate Academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts for three four or in some cases and Fordham University is a private University in the United States, with three campuses located in and around New York City. During his junior year, he studied in Europe where he acted in a play in Rome and performed with his father on television in Amsterdam. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Amsterdam (pronounced) is the capital and largest city of the Netherlands, located in the province of North Holland in the west After graduation, he joined the U.S. Army Reserve and served a six-month tour of duty as a gunnery officer in Korea following the Korean War. The United States Army is a military organization whose primary mission is to "provide necessary forces and capabilities. Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. The Korean War refers to a period of military conflict between North Korean and South Korean regimes with major hostilities lasting from June 25 1950 until the A year after graduation, he married Arlene Weiss, with whom he has three daughters; Eve, Elizabeth, and Beatrice, and seven grandchildren, two of which attended the 2005 Academy Awards; Emilia Alda and Scott Coffey. Arlene Alda (born Arlene Weiss on December 7, 1933 in New York City) is an American photographer, Clarinettist and Arlene Alda is an accomplished photographer, author, and musician. Arlene Alda (born Arlene Weiss on December 7, 1933 in New York City) is an American photographer, Clarinettist and Alda was a member of the Compass Players in the late 1950s. He has also been an activist for feminism for many years. Feminism is a discourse that involves various movements theories, and Philosophies which are concerned with the issue of Gender difference, advocate
Alda has been a longtime resident of Leonia, New Jersey. Leonia is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. [3]
On the October 5, 2007, episode of the British talk show Loose Women, Alan said he would still be working at a theatre in St. Louis if he had not landed the role on M*A*S*H. Events 869 - The Fourth Council of Constantinople is convened to decide about what to do about Patriarch Photius of Constantinople Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located A talk show ( American) or chat show ( Global) is a Television or Radio program where one person or group of people come together to Loose Women, sometimes known as Live Talk or Loose @ 530, is an award-winning British, televised Talk show, which was first broadcast in 1999 Theatre (or theater, see spelling differences) is the branch of the Performing arts defined by Bernard Beckerman as what "occurs when one
Career
Early acting
Alda began his career in the 1950s as a member of the Compass Players comedy revue. The Compass Players (or Compass Theater) was a 1950s Cabaret Revue show started by alumni dropouts and hangers-on from the University of Chicago In 1966 he starred in the musical The Apple Tree on Broadway, where he was nominated for the Tony award as Best Actor in a Musical. Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. The Apple Tree is a series of three musical playlets with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and a book by Bock and Harnick Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented
Alda made his Hollywood acting debut as a supporting player in Gone Are The Days, a 1963 film version of the highly successflul Broadway play Purlie! Victorious which co-starred veteran black actors Ruby Dee and her husband, the late Ossie Davis. Ruby Dee (born October 27, 1924) is an American Actress, Poet, Playwright, Screenwriter, Journalist Ossie Davis ( December 18 1917 – February 4 2005) was an American Film Actor, director, Other film roles would follow, such as his portrayal of the author, humorist and actor George Plimpton in the film Paper Lion (1968), as well as The Extraordinary Seaman (1969), and The Mephisto Waltz (1971). George Ames Plimpton ( March 18, 1927 &ndash September 25, 2003) was an American Journalist, Writer,
M*A*S*H Series (1972-1983)
In early 1972 Alda auditioned for and was selected to play the role of "Hawkeye Pierce" in the TV adaptation of the 1970 film M*A*S*H. He was nominated for 21 Emmy Awards, and won five. He took part in writing 13 episodes, and directed 32. When he won his first Emmy Award for writing, he was so happy that he performed a cartwheel before running up to the stage to accept the award. In Gymnastics, a cartwheel is the movement where one moves sideways (in the motion the wheel of a cart would follow in a straight line keeping the back straight placing He was also the first person to win Emmy Awards for acting, writing and directing for the same series. Richard Hooker, who wrote the novel on which M*A*S*H was based, did not like Alan Alda's portrayal of Hawkeye Pierce (Hooker, a Republican, had based Hawkeye on himself, whereas Alda took the character in a more left-wing direction). H Richard Hornberger ( February 1, 1924 &ndash November 4, 1997) was an American writer and surgeon born in Trenton Alda also directed the show's 1983 2½ hour series finale "Goodbye, Farewell, and Amen" which remains the single most watched episode of a TV series. " Goodbye Farewell and Amen " is a Television movie that served as the 251st and final episode of the ''M*A*S*H'' television series. The following is a list of most-watched television broadcasts, organized by country and based on various criteria Alda is the only series regular to appear in all 251 episodes.
As more and more of the original series writers left the series, Alda gained more control and by the final seasons he had become project and creative consultant. Under his watch, M*A*S*H more openly addressed political issues. As a result, the 11 years of M*A*S*H are generally split into two eras: The Larry Gelbart/Gene Reynolds "comedy" years (1972-1977), and the Alan Alda "dramatic" years (1977-1983). Larry Simon Gelbart (born February 25, 1928) is an American Comedy Writer and playwright with over sixty years of credits Eugene "Gene" Reynolds Blumenthal (born April 4, 1925 in Cleveland Ohio) is a former Actor turned Writer and Television During this time, Alda frequently appeared as a panelist on the 1968 revival of What's My Line?. What's My Line? is a weekly panel Game show which was produced by Mark Goodson and Bill Todman for CBS He also appeared as a panelist on I've Got a Secret during its 1972 syndication revival. For IGAS qua graphology organization see International Graphoanalysis Society I've Got a Secret is a weekly panel Game show produced
After M*A*S*H
Alda's prominence in the enormously successful M*A*S*H gave him a platform to speak out on political topics, and he has been a strong and vocal supporter of women's rights. In 1976, the Boston Globe dubbed him "the quintessential Honorary Woman: a feminist icon" for his activism on behalf of the Equal Rights Amendment. The Boston Globe (and Boston Sunday Globe) is the most widely circulated daily Newspaper in Boston and in New England, The Equal Rights Amendment ( ERA) is a failed proposed amendment to the United States Constitution intended to guarantee equal rights under the As a liberal activist he has been a target for some political and social conservatives. Liberalism is a broad array of related ideas and theories of Government that consider individual Liberty to be the most important political goal Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined Social conservatism is a political or moral ideology that affirms the government's role in encouraging or enforcing traditional values or behaviors in the belief that these are what
Alan Alda has also played Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard Feynman in the play QED, which has only one other character. The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature Richard Phillips Feynman (ˈfaɪnmən May 11 1918 – February 15 1988 was an American Physicist known for the Path integral formulation of quantum QED is a play by American Playwright Peter Parnell, which chronicles (part of a day in the life of Nobel Prize -winning Although Peter Parnell wrote the play, Alda both produced and inspired it. Peter Parnell (born 1953 is an American Playwright. His plays include The Cider House Rules Flaubert's Latest Hyde In Hollywood An Imaginary Life Alda has also appeared frequently in the films of Woody Allen, and he has been a guest star five times on ER, playing Dr. Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and ER is an Emmy Award -winning American Medical drama series created by Novelist Michael Crichton and airing on Kerry Weaver's mentor, Gabriel Lawrence. Dr Kerry Weaver, portrayed by Laura Innes, was a Fictional character on the NBC Television series ER; she first appeared The following are minor doctors in the Medical drama ER created by Michael Crichton. During the later episodes, it was revealed that Dr. Lawrence was suffering from the early stages of Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's disease ( AD) also called Alzheimer disease or simply Alzheimer's, is the most common form of Dementia. Alda also had a co-starring role as Dr. Robert Gallo in the 1993 TV movie And the Band Played On. Robert Charles Gallo (born March 23, 1937) is a US biomedical researcher And the Band Played On is a 1993 Emmy Award -winning American made-for-television Docudrama directed by Roger Spottiswoode
During M*A*S*H's run and continuing through the 1980s, Alda embarked on a successful career as a writer and director, with the ensemble dramedy The Four Seasons being perhaps his most notable hit. Comedy-drama, also called dramedy and dramatic-comedy, is a style of Television and movies in which there is an equal or nearly equal balance 1990s Betsy's Wedding is his last directing credit to date. (For the novel see Betsy's Wedding (book. Betsy's Wedding is a 1990 comedy film written and directed by Alan Alda. After M*A*S*H Alda took on a series of roles that either parodied or directly contradicted his "nice guy" image. His role as a pompous celebrity comedian in Crimes and Misdemeanors was widely seen as a self-parody, although Alda denied this. Crimes and Misdemeanors is a 1989 film written and directed by Woody Allen.
Later roles
Alda denies that in 1995 he briefly considered running for the United States Senate in New Jersey. The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives New Jersey ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States. About this time, he starred as the President in Michael Moore's political satire/comedy film Canadian Bacon. Michael Francis Moore (born April 23 1954 is an Academy Award -winning American filmmaker author and liberal Political commentator. Political satire is a significant part of Satire that specializes in gaining entertainment from politicsusing political cartoons politicians and public affairs Comedy (from the Greek κωμωδίαkomodia has a popular meaning (any discourse generally intended to amuse especially in Television, Film, and In 1996, Alda played Henry Ford in Camping With Henry and Tom, based on the book by Mark St. Henry Ford ( July 30, 1863 &ndash April 7, 1947) was the American founder of the Ford Motor Company and father of Germain. Beginning in 2004, Alda was a regular cast member on the NBC program The West Wing, portraying Republican U.S. Senator and presidential hopeful Arnold Vinick, until the show's conclusion in May 2006. The National Broadcasting Company ( NBC) is an American Television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's The United States Senate is the Upper house of the bicameral United States Congress, the Lower house being the House of Representatives Arnold Vinick is a Fictional character on the Television series The West Wing played by Alan Alda. May 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month He made his premiere in the sixth season's eighth episode, "In The Room," and was added to the opening credits with the thirteenth episode, "King Corn. " In August 2006, Alda won an Emmy for his portrayal of Arnold Vinick in the final season of The West Wing. August 2006 was a month with thirty-one days On August 10, an alleged plot to detonate ten Airliners over the Atlantic Ocean was revealed to
In 2004, Alda portrayed the late conservative Maine Senator Owen Brewster in Martin Scorsese's Academy-Award winning film The Aviator in which he co-starred with Leonardo DiCaprio. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio (born November 11 1974 is a three-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning American film actor.
Throughout his career, Alda has received 31 Emmy Award nominations and two Tony Award nominations, and has won seven People's Choice Awards, six Golden Globe awards, and three Directors Guild of America awards. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Note This article does not pertain to the People's Choice Awards presented at the British Comedy Awards show in the United Kingdom, or to an awards show The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Directors Guild of America ( DGA) is the labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States However, it was not until 2004, after a long distinguished acting career, that Alda received his first Academy Award nomination for his role in The Aviator. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
Alda also wrote several of the stories and poems that appeared in Marlo Thomas's Free to Be... You and Me television show. Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That Free to Be… You and Me is a Record album and illustrated songbook for children first released in November 1972 and later in 1974 as a television special
Alda starred in the original Broadway production of the play 'Art', which opened on March 1, 1998 at the Royale Theatre. The play won the Tony Award for best original play.
In the spring of 2005, Alda starred as Shelly Levene in the Tony Award-winning Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross, for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play. The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located David Alan Mamet (born November 30, 1947) is an American Author, Essayist, Playwright, Screenwriter and Glengarry Glen Ross is a 1982 play written by David Mamet. The play shows parts of two days in the lives of four desperate Chicago Real estate The Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, more commonly known as the Tony Awards, recognize achievement in live American Theatre and are presented
It has become quite common for Alda in his later roles to have some reference to his early work in M*A*S*H. In a line on ER, his character mentions that he uses a surgical technique that is "an old army trick. " Alda's West Wing character has also made at least one reference to Korea when he said, "I could take these people to the DMZ and it still wouldn't take their minds off ethanol and abortion". Korea is a geographic area composed of two sovereign countries a civilization and a former state situated on the Korean Peninsula in East Asia. The Korean Demilitarized Zone ( Korean: 한반도의 군사 분계선 is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula that serves as a Buffer An
Charitable work, other interests
Alda has done extensive charity work. He helped narrate a 2005 St. Jude's Children's Hospital produced one-hour special TV show Fighting for Life. St Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962 is a leading pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children's catastrophic diseases [4] He and his wife, Arlene are also close friends of Marlo Thomas, who is very active in fund raising for the hospital her father founded. Margaret Julia “Marlo” Thomas (born November 21, 1937) is an American actress, who first achieved fame on the TV series That The special featured Ben Bowen as one of six patients being treated for childhood cancer at Saint Jude. Benjamin David Bowen, commonly called "Big Ben" Bowen, ( November 14, 2002 — February 25, 2005) was a young Huntington Cancer (medical term Malignant Neoplasm) is a class of Diseases in which a group of cells display uncontrolled
In 2005, Alda published his first round of memoirs, Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: and Other Things I've Learned. [5] Among other stories, he recalls his intestines becoming strangulated while on location in Chile for his PBS show Scientific American Frontiers, during which he mildly surprised a young doctor with his understanding of medical procedures, which he learned from M*A*S*H. In Anatomy, the intestine is the segment of the alimentary canal extending from the Stomach to the Anus and in humans and other mammals consists Chile, officially the Republic of Chile ( Spanish:) is a country in South America occupying a long and narrow Coastal strip wedged between the Scientific American Frontiers was an American Television program primarily focused on informing the public about new technologies and discoveries He also talks about his mother's battle with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia ( from the Greek roots schizein (σχίζειν "to split" and phrēn The title comes from an incident in his childhood, when Alda was distraught about his dog dying and his well-meaning father had the animal stuffed. Alda was horrified by the results, and took from this that sometimes we have to accept things as they are, rather than desperately and fruitlessly trying to change them.
In 2006, Alda contributed his voice to a part in the audio book of Max Brooks' World War Z. Max Brooks (born Maximillian Michael Brooks on May 22, 1972 in New York City) is an author and screenwriter World War Z An Oral History of the Zombie War (abbreviated WWZ) is a Novel by Max Brooks which chronicles a fictional Zombie In this book, he voiced Arthur Sinclair Jr. , the director of the United States Government's fictional "Department of Strategic Resources (DeStRes)".
His second memoir, Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself, weaves together advice from public speeches he has given with personal recollections about his life and beliefs.
Personal beliefs
In the above-mentioned memoir, Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself, Alda candidly describes how briefly, at one time in his life he realized that he had practically begun thinking like an agnostic or atheist, although he had been raised as a Catholic:
For a while in my teens, I was sure I had it. Agnosticism ( Greek: α- a-, without + γνώσις gnōsis, knowledge after Gnosticism) is the philosophical view that the Atheism Catholic is an Adjective derived from the Greek adjective '' / 'katholikos' meaning "whole" or "complete". It was about getting to heaven. Heaven may refer to the physical heavens the sky or the seemingly endless expanse of the Universe beyond If heaven existed and lasted forever, then a mere lifetime spent scrupulously following orders was a small investment for an infinite payoff. One day, though, I realized I was no longer a believer, and realizing that, I couldn’t go back. Not that I lost the urge to pray. Occasionally, even after I stopped believing, I might send off a quick memo to the Master of the Universe, usually on a matter needing urgent attention, like Oh, God, don’t let us crash. These were automatic expulsions of words, brief SOS messages from the base of my brain. They were similar to the short prayers that were admired by the church in my Catholic boyhood, which they called “ejaculations. ” I always liked the idea that you could shorten your time in purgatory with each ejaculation; what boy wouldn’t find that a comforting idea? But my effort to keep the plane in the air by talking to God didn’t mean I suddenly was overcome with belief, only that I was scared. Whether I’d wake up in heaven someday or not, whatever meaning I found would have to occur first on this end of eternity.
For the 2008 question of the Edge Foundation, he clarified these remarks to make it clear he considers himself "simply not a believer. Overview of Organizations named Edge Foundation There are three organizations named The Edge Foundation The Edge Foundation (www "[6]
Awards and nominations
- Awards
- Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2006, for his portrayal of Senator & Presidential candidate Arnold Vinick in The West Wing
Emmy Award for "Outstanding writing in a comedy" in 1979.
- Nominations
- The audiobook version of Things I Overheard While Talking To Myself was nominated for a 2008 Grammy Award in the category of Best Spoken Word Album. The Grammy Awards (originally called the Gramophone Awards)—or Grammys —are presented annually by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences The 50th Annual Grammy Awards took place at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, on February 10 2008 starting at 8PM EST.
- Alda received his first nomination for an Academy Award for his supporting role as Senator Ralph Owen Brewster in Martin Scorsese's film The Aviator. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
Filmography
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Bibliography
- Never Have Your Dog Stuffed. ISBN 0091796520.
- Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself. ISBN 1400066174.
References
- ^ Berk, Philip. "A question of roots", The Jerusalem Post, 1998-12-11. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 359 - Honoratus, the first known Prefect of the City of Constantinople, takes office Retrieved on 2007-12-10. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1041 - Empress Zoe of Byzantium elevates her adoptive son to the throne of the Eastern Roman Empire as Michael V
- ^ Smiley, Tavis. "Alan Alda", PBS, 2 December 2004. Retrieved on 2007-05-02. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter.
- ^ Kolbert, Elizabeth. "AT LUNCH WITH: Alan Alda; Hawkeye Turns Mean, Sensitively", The New York Times, May 18, 1994. Events 1152 - Henry II of England marries Eleanor of Aquitaine. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Accessed November 24, 2007. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. "Ever since "M*A*S*H," Mr. Alda has split his time between the East Coast, where he has houses in the Hamptons and Leonia, N. J. , and the West, where he owns a house in the Bel Air section of Los Angeles. "
- ^ Saint Jude Children's Hospital, Web Editor (December 1, 2005), Saint Jude TV - Fighting For Life, Saint Jude Web Site, <http://www.stjude.tv/>. Retrieved on 11 April 2007
- ^ Alda, Alan (2006). Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: and Other Things I've Learned. New York: Random House. ISBN 1-4000-6409-0.
- ^ THE WORLD QUESTION CENTER 2008 - page 8, Edge Foundation Web Site, 2008, <http://www.edge.org/q2008/q08_8.html#alda>. Retrieved on 2 January 2008
External links
- Alan Alda at Allmovie
- Alan Alda at the Internet Movie Database
- Alan Alda at TV.com
- Inappropriate Questions for Alan Alda
- Bio on Scientific American Frontiers
- Comprehensive bio
- InnerVIEWS with Ernie Manouse: Alan Alda (TV Interview)
- Archive of American Television interview
- Military Service
- Alan Alda Discusses Science, Improv and Richard Feynman at USC's Annenberg School
- GeoCities fan site page
- Interview with Alda on NPR's Fresh Air (September 21, 2005)
- Alan Alda's Charity Work
- Performance Working in the Theatre seminar video at American Theatre Wing.org, April 1992
- Never Have Your Dog Stuffed: And Other Things I've Learned (Chapter 1)
- Inspirational Quotes from Alan Alda's Commencement Speech at Connecticut College 1980
- Freeman, J. Allmovie (previously All Movie Guide) is a commercial database of information about Movie stars movies and television shows. TVcom is a website owned by CNET Networks. The service was launched on June 1 2005 and replaced the popular TV Tome website Fresh Air is a Radio talk show hosted by Terry Gross, broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States Events 1217 - The Estonian tribal leader Lembitu of Lehola was killed in a battle against Teutonic Knights. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The American Theatre Wing (the Wing for short originally part of the WWII Allied Relief Fund is a New York City -based organization "dedicated to supporting "Exclusive interview with M*A*S*H star and author Alan Alda", Books, The Times, 2007-09-29. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 522 BC - Darius I of Persia kills the Magian usurper Gaumâta securing his hold as king of the Persian Empire. Retrieved on 2007-10-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 42 BC - First Battle of Philippi: Triumvirs Mark Antony and Octavian fight an indecisive battle with Caesar's
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| NAME | Alda, Alan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | D'Abruzzo, Alfonso Joseph |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City, U.S. |
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