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Ramis Harold
Life Time
21 November 1944 - 24 February 2014
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Harold Ramis was born on November 21, 1944 in Chicago (Illinois, USA). After graduating from college, he worked as a humor editor for Playboy magazine. Later, Ramis began performing with the Chicago troupe Second City, played in a Broadway revue, then collaborated with the show Saturday Night Live. In Edmonton, he performed as the author and performer of the weekly television sketches "Second City". Harold Ramis' collaboration with cinema began with the script for the film National Lampoon's Animal
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Harold Ramis was born on November 21, 1944 in Chicago (Illinois, USA). After graduating from college, he worked as a humor editor for Playboy magazine. Later, Ramis began performing with the Chicago troupe Second City, played in a Broadway revue, then collaborated with the show Saturday Night Live. In Edmonton, he performed as the author and performer of the weekly television sketches "Second City". Harold Ramis' collaboration with cinema began with the script for the film National Lampoon's Animal House (1978); in 1980 he directed the film Golf Club ("Shalopai"), and in 1984 - Club Paradise. In 1981, Ramis played a leading role in the film Stripes, for which he wrote the script. Widely known for his fantastic comedy "Ghostbusters", released in 1984 - he was a screenwriter and performer of one of the main roles - along with Bill Murray and Dan Aykroyd. The first part of the successful project was soon followed by the second. In 1993, the most successful to date picture of Harold Ramis - "Groundhog Day", with Bill Murray and Andy McDowell in the lead roles, was released. In this project Ramis was not only a director-director, but also a screenwriter and producer, in addition to appearing in front of the audience and in a cameo role. As a director and screenwriter, Harold Ramis went on to produce films such as The Many (1996) with Michael Keaton, Analyze It (1999) and Analyze That (2002) with Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro, and Blinded by Desire (2000) with Brendan Fraser and Elizabeth Harley. In addition, he managed to star in small roles in a number of films.