- Data di nascita
- Data di morte24 maggio 1981 · Los Angeles, California, Stati Uniti (attacco cardiaco)
- Nome alla nascitaGeorge Albert Jessel
- Soprannomi
- Toastmaster General of the United States
- Georgie
- George Jessel è nato il 3 aprile 1898. Luogo di nascita: Usa. È conosciuto come attore e sceneggiatore. È celebre per aver partecipato a Lucky Boy (1929), Reds (1981) e La regina dei pirati (1951). È stata sposato con Lois Andrews, Norma Talmadge e Florence Courtney (Grismer). Morì il 24 maggio 1981. Luogo di morte: Usa.
- ConiugiLois Andrews(13 aprile 1940 - 30 agosto 1943) (divorziato, 1 bambino)Norma Talmadge(23 aprile 1934 - 11 agosto 1939) (divorziato)Florence Courtney (Grismer)(22 maggio 1923 - 24 ottobre 1932) (divorziato)Florence Courtney (Grismer)(12 settembre 1919 - 11 marzo 1922) (divorziato)
- Theme song: "My Mother's Eyes."
- Having starred in several silent films for Warner Brothers during the 1920s, Jessel was offered the lead in the studio's history-making first talkie, Il cantante di jazz (1927) (he had played the part on Broadway). However, he and the studio could not agree on his salary, and the role ultimately went to Al Jolson. Jessel would refer to this, time and again, as the biggest professional mistake he ever made.
- Performed eulogies for many of his Hollywood celebrity contemporaries.
- Is one of the inspirations for Billy West's voice for "Dr. Zoidberg" on the TV show Futurama (1999).
- Because of his frequent role as master of ceremonies at various entertainment and political gatherings, his sobriquet was "Toastmaster General of the United States."
- Hosted the Academy Awards in 1937.
- My draft status is 8-T--that means I go when the Japs are in the lobby.
- [on receiving the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, 1969)] For a minute I thought I was dead. I've waited a long time, but it shows that God's delay is not God's denial.
- If you haven't struck oil in your first three minutes, stop boring.
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