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Actor Charles Grodin, a resident of Wilton, was 86
(JTA) – Charles Grodin, the deadpan Jewish comic actor who starred in such blockbuster films as “The Heartbreak Kid” and the children’s movie “Beethoven,” died Tuesday, May 18, at his home in Wilton, Connecticut, of bone marrow cancer. He was 86.
Grodin was raised in an Orthodox Jewish household in Pittsburgh but became less observant in his adult years, although he and his second wife – in his words, “a nice Jewish girl from Kansas City” – observed holidays at home.
Following a series of supporting roles in late 1960s films such as “Rosemary’s Baby” and “Catch-22,” Grodin’s big break came with his lead role in “The Heartbreak Kid,” an acclaimed black comedy about a Jewish sporting goods salesman who falls for a college girl played by Cybill Shepherd. Critics praised the film as an early example of a mainstream exploration of Jewish identity, and some like
Charles Grodin, Jewish comic actor, dies at 86
Charles Grodin
(JTA) - Charles Grodin, the deadpan Jewish comic actor who starred in such blockbuster films as The Heartbreak Kid and the children s movie Beethoven, died Tuesday at his home in Wilton, Connecticut.
He was 86, and the cause was bone marrow cancer, according to reports.
Grodin was raised in an Orthodox Jewish household in Pittsburgh but became less observant in his adult years, although he and his second wife - in his words, a nice Jewish girl from Kansas City - observed holidays at home. In Hebrew school, he told J. the Jewish News of Northern California in 2004, we d recite the H.