- Born
- Died
- Birth nameAlphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo
- Height1.80 m
- Robert Alda's career began in vaudeville, as a singer-dancer. Graduating to performing on radio and in burlesque, he made a splashy film debut as George Gershwin in Rhapsodie en bleu (1945). His film career faltered somewhat after that, but he had much greater success on the Broadway stage in such productions as "Guys and Dolls" and "What Makes Sammy Run." Settling in Rome in the early 1960s, he appeared in many Italian and European films over the next 15 years. While many of them were quite successful in Europe, few made it to the United States. Alda is the father of actor Alan Alda and Antony Alda.- IMDb mini biography by: frankfob2@yahoo.com
- SpousesFlora Marino(December 21, 1957 - May 3, 1986) (his death, 1 child)Josephine (Joan) Browne(December 31, 1932 - November 19, 1957) (divorced, 1 child)
- Children
- RelativesEve Alda Coffey(Grandchild)
- His professional surname derives from the first two letters of each of his first name and his surname at birth, i.e. ALphonso DAbruzzo (AL + DA = Alda).
- Son Alan Alda was ten and a half when he was stricken with polio, but fully recovered.
- Father of Alan Alda and Antony Alda.
- First wife Joan Brown was a "Miss New York" beauty contest winner. She gave birth to their son Alan Alda, but shortly after began suffering from severe mental illness (undiagnosed schizophrenia).
- His impressionable son Alan Alda spent his early years following his dad around on the road touring with a burlesque troupe.
- Do not let anybody tell you that fate, destiny, luck, or whatever you want to call it, does not play an important part in the success of a career. When I finally received Hollywood's notice and was arranging for screen tests, it was John Garfield who called Warner Brothers' attention to me, because he had seen me act in a stock company.
- I learned my trade in the best of schools -- burlesque.
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