Jonathan Winters

Biography

Born 11/11/1925

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...
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Filmography

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Awards

In 1999, received Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize for Humor
In 1996, received Grammy for Spoken Comedy Album
In 1991, received Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

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Premiere Photos

Jonathan Winters, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000)

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Highlights

In 2003, Received an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Comedy Series for his role in "Life with Bonnie"
In 2000, Paid tribute in the special "Comedy Central Presents the Second Annual Kennedy Center Mark Twain Prize Celebrating the Humor of Jonathan Winters"
In 2000, Was interview subject of Comedy Central's "Uncomfortably Close With Michael McKean: Jonathan Winters"

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Family & Companions

Jonathan H Winters Sr: grandfather (owned Winters National Bank & Trust)
Jonathan H Winters Jr: father (alcoholic; divorced from Winters' mother in 1932)
Alice Kilgore Winters: mother (divorced from Winters' father in 1932; remarried)

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