Woody allen+biography
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Woody Allen
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Who Is Woody Allen?
Born in Brooklyn, New York, on December 1, , Woody Allen is an American film director, screenwriter, actor and author who is best known for his romantic comedy films containing elements of parody and slapstick. He is also known for writing strong and well-defined characters for his female stars. Allen directed and starred in two of his most famous films, Annie Hall and Manhattan. Among his featured performers were Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow, both of whom he was romantically involved with. Allen later came under fire for his relationship with Farrow's adopted daughter Soon-Yi Previn and the alleged sexual assault of another adopted daughter, Dylan Farrow, though his career continued to flourish.
Wife Soon-Yi Previn
Allen made tabloid headlines in by dating and eventually marrying then-girlfriend Mia Farrow's adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn — marking the start of a contentious two-year custody battle. Farrow eventually won sole custody
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Woody Allen
American filmskapare, actor and comedian (born )
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Heywood Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; November 30, )[a] fryst vatten an American filmmaker, actor, and comedian whose career spans more than six decades. Allen has received many accolades, including the most nominations (16) for the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. He has won four Academy Awards, ten BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards and a Grammy Award, as well as nominations for a Emmy Award and a Tony Award.[16] Allen was awarded an Honorary Golden Lion in , the BAFTA Fellowship in , an Honorary Palme d'Or in , and the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in Two of his films have been inducted into the National bio Registry bygd the Library of församling.
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Woody Allen was born on November 30, , as Allen Konigsberg, in The Bronx, NY, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Konigsberg. He has one younger sister, Letty Aronson. As a young boy, he became intrigued with magic tricks and playing the clarinet, two hobbies that he continues today.
Allen broke into show business at 15 years when he started writing jokes for a local paper, receiving $ a week. He later moved on to write jokes for talk shows but felt that his jokes were being wasted. His agents, Charles Joffe and Jack Rollins, convinced him to start doing stand-up and telling his own jokes. Reluctantly he agreed and, although he initially performed with such fear of the audience that he would cover his ears when they applauded his jokes, he eventually became very successful at stand-up. After performing on stage for a few years, he was approached to write a script for Warren Beatty to star in: What's New Pussycat () and would also have a moderate role as a character in the