Jack Albertson

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Jonathan George "Jack" Albertson (June 16, 1907 – November 25, 1981) was an Academy Award, Emmy Award and Tony Award-winning American actor (dating back to Vaudeville), comedian, dancer, singer, and musician, and he performed on stage, radio, movies, and television. <p>Albertson was born in Malden, Massachusetts, U.S., to Jewish parents - Flora Craft, a Russian immigrant, and Leo Albertson, a Polish immigrant. He had a older sister, Mabel Albertson. The actor Frank Albertson is sometimes said to be Jack Alberton's brother, but this is not the case. Albertson dropped out of high school and traveled to New York City in an attempt make it big in show business. He was too poor to get a room in a flophouse, so in the winter he would sleep on the IRT subway for a nickel, and hide out when the transit workers would clear out the train at the end of the line. In the summer he would sleep in Central Park. His first real job in show business was with a vaudeville road troupe, the Dancing Verselle...