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Budd Friedman

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American actor

United StatesActorsLived 1932 to 2022 · aged 90
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Gerson Merton Lenord Friedman, known professionally as Budd Friedman, was an American actor and comedian, as well as the founder and original proprietor and MC of the Improvisation Comedy Club, which opened in 1963, on West 44th Street near the SE corner of 9th Avenue, in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan.

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Filmography 13

Man on the Moon1999 · ★ 7.2
Funny People2009 · ★ 5.9
Star 801983 · ★ 6.5
Richard Pryor: Omit the Logic2013 · ★ 7.1
I Am Comic2010
The Improv: 50 Years Behind the Brick Wall2013
The Rosebud Beach Hotel1984
The Boneyard Collection2008
That's Adequate1989
Laughing Out Loud: America's Funniest Comedians2001
Diary of a Young Comic1979
Can We Be Serious1989
Mr. Bill Does Vegas2002

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Television 1

National Lampoon's Funny Money2003

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Gerson Merton Lenord Friedman, known professionally as Budd Friedman, was an American actor and comedian, as well as the founder and original proprietor and MC of the Improvisation Comedy Club, which opened in 1963, on West 44th Street near the SE corner of 9th Avenue, in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan. He was instrumental in launching the comedy careers of Rodney Dangerfield, Richard Lewis, Robert Klein, Jay Leno, Andy Kaufman, Freddie Prinze, Steve Landesberg, Jimmie Walker, and for a brief time, managed Bette Midler at the early stages of her career. It was with Friedman's help and guidance that Ms. Midler first appeared on The Tonight Show.

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United States
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Actors
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Actor
Status
deceased
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Lived 1932 to 2022 · aged 90
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