Joe E. Brown

Actor, Film actor

1891 – 1973

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Who was Joe E. Brown?

Joseph Evans Brown was an American actor and comedian, remembered for his amiable screen persona, comic timing, and enormous smile. He was one of the most popular American Comedians in the 1930s and 1940s with successful films like A Midsummer Night's Dream, Earthworm Tractors and Alibi Ike. In his later career Brown starred in Some Like It Hot as Osgood Fielding III, in which he speaks the famous punchline "Well, nobody's perfect".

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Born
Jul 28, 1891
Holgate
Also known as
  • Joseph Evans Brown
  • Joe Brown
  • Joe
Spouses
Children
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Lived in
  • Ohio
Died
Jul 6, 1973
Brentwood
Resting place
Forest Lawn Memorial Park

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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