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WOODY ALLEN - Date of Birth: December 1, 1935
Born as Allen Stewart Konigsberg in Brooklyn, New York, this
multi-talented actor, director, writer, and musician began his career as a
comedian and playwright. He was a television gag writer before writing and
starring in his first feature film, What's New, Pussycat? Take the Money and
Run marked Allen's directorial debut in a hilarious parody of crime films and
documentaries.
Allen's films are characterized by their neurotic,
urban-Jewish shtick and can be dated by the female lead—who is
generally his current lover of choice. Past femmes include
Louise Lasser, Diane Keaton and Mia Farrow.
Reclusive and anti-Hollywood, Allen's critical moment in the
spotlight was not for his work as a filmmaker, but for his
affair with Farrow's (college-age) adopted daughter, Soon-Yi
Previn. In 1992, Allen filed for custody of their three
children and later made shocking headlines when Farrow
accused him of molesting their adopted daughter Dylan. While experts found no
evidence to substantiate these allegations, Allen's reputation had already been
trashed in the tabloids. After a lengthy and very public court battle, Allen
lost custody of the three children. He married Soon-Yi in December 1997 and the
two now have two children together.
"If you're an entertainer," Allen says, "your
private life is public, that's what happens. Over the years, I've got used to
that. Sometimes they write wonderful things, sometimes they write what a fool
you are. That's part of what it is to be in the
public eye."
Over the years, Allen has won an astounding number of
awards, including three Academy Awards and two Golden Globes. His most recent
Golden Globe was for his Midnight in Paris screenplay. He's also received two
Academy Award nominations for Best Original Screenplay and Best Director for
his work on the film. Allen followed up Midnight in Paris with To Rome With
Love (2012), which follows the intersecting stories of both foreigners and
Italians in Rome.
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