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Rodney Dangerfield
Life Time
22 November 1921 - 5 October 2004
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Jacob Cohen began his career as Rodney "Pshel-I-no-fig" Dangerfield at the age of 15 when he began writing sketches. At 17, he entered the amateur scene. At 19 he had two jobs – a comedian and a singing waiter. As soon as Rodney sang, people threw money at him. He toured with a comedy troupe for a decade, but still - albeit reluctantly - quit show business. Until the age of 40, it never occurred to him that he needed to resume his career. During the day he was stuck in the office, and in the evening
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Jacob Cohen began his career as Rodney "Pshel-I-no-fig" Dangerfield at the age of 15 when he began writing sketches. At 17, he entered the amateur scene. At 19 he had two jobs – a comedian and a singing waiter. As soon as Rodney sang, people threw money at him. He toured with a comedy troupe for a decade, but still - albeit reluctantly - quit show business.
Until the age of 40, it never occurred to him that he needed to resume his career. During the day he was stuck in the office, and in the evening worked in nightclubs. He even opened his own club, now it is a very famous place in Manhattan.
But he still returned so that as many viewers as possible could admire his comedic talent. And not just comedic. The big shock was his role in Oliver Stone's film "Natural Born Killers."
Rodney now lives in Los Angeles with his wife Joan Child. In December 1998, they celebrated their fifth wedding anniversary and were half-washed about moving to Las Vegas.