Birthname: Joseph Evans Brown
| Sign | Leo |
| Born |
Jul 28, 1892
Holgate, OH |
| Died |
Jul 6, 1973
Brentwood, CA |
| Age | Died at 80 |
| Final Resting Place Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery (Glendale) | |
Joe E. Brown |
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| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1928-1964 |
| Top Roles | Frank X. Farrell, Osgood Fielding III, Stationmaster, Flute, the Bellows, Hasty |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Romance, Musical, Adventure, Action, Sports |
| Top Topics | Romance (Comic), Gangsters, Screwball Comedy, Book-Based, Gambling |
| Top Collaborators | Frank McHugh, Lloyd Bacon (Director), Mickey Rooney, George Chandler, Tom Kennedy, Jack Benny, Joan Crawford, Jane Wyman |
| Also Born on July 28 | |
| Also Born in 1892 | |
| Also Born in Ohio | |
| Also a Leo | |
Joe E. Brown Overview:
Legendary character actor, Joe E. Brown, was born Joseph Evans Brown on Jul 28, 1892 in Holgate, OH. Brown died at the age of 80 on Jul 6, 1973 in Brentwood, CA and was laid to rest in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery (Glendale) in Glendale, CA.
MINI BIO:
Ever-smiling, slick-haired American comedian said to have had the widest mouth in show business. He had long experience in vaudeville dating back to the age of nine, when he began as a boy acrobat. In films, he usually played the innocent abroad and remained very popular from the beginning of sound to the early forties. In his case more than most, his face was his fortune. The "E" stood for Evans. Died following a stroke. (Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Film Stars).HONORS and AWARDS:
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures. Joe E. Brown's handprints and footprints were 'set in stone' at Grauman's Chinese Theater during imprint ceremony #27 on Mar 5, 1936. Brown was never nominated for an Academy Award.
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Joe E. Brown Quotes:
Elmer Kane:
They can fool some of the people part-time, but the worm will turn.
— From: Elmer, the Great
[writing notes down in his notebook]
Ossie Simpson: Monday - Jack flirted with waitress. Knows a good dish when he sees one. Period.
Ossie Simpson: Monday - Jack flirted with waitress. Knows a good dish when he sees one. Period.
— From: Broadminded
Marjorie Blake:
I think Julia's awfully interested in you.
John Augustus Miller: She's gonna turn my libido outward.
Marjorie Blake: What for?
John Augustus Miller: Just so she can look at it, I guess.
John Augustus Miller: She's gonna turn my libido outward.
Marjorie Blake: What for?
John Augustus Miller: Just so she can look at it, I guess.
— From: Local Boy Makes Good
[Ossie and Jack are in a diner getting breakfast, and after the waitress brings them their food, Ossie knocks the salt shaker over, spilling the salt]
Ossie Simpson: Oops. Spilled the salt.
[Ossie starts pouring the salt over his left shoulder, dumping it on Pancho, who is sitting right next to him]
Pancho: Hey! Look!
[Pancho points to the salt on his shoulder]
Ossie Simpson: Ah! Dandruff!
See more quotes from Joe E. Brown...Ossie Simpson: Oops. Spilled the salt.
[Ossie starts pouring the salt over his left shoulder, dumping it on Pancho, who is sitting right next to him]
Pancho: Hey! Look!
[Pancho points to the salt on his shoulder]
Ossie Simpson: Ah! Dandruff!
— From: Broadminded
Joe E. Brown Facts
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His sons were both UCLA athletes.
In 1944, his daughter Mary Katherine was injured in a car accident and near death. There were so many other car accidents that night that there were not enough doctors at the hospital to care for her. Brown ran around the hospital trying to find someone to help him until finally a doctor, tired and ready to go home, recognized Brown and agreed to help his doctor. He treated her for seven hours, saving her life.
He had four children: two sons, Don Evan (b. December 25, 1916) and Joe L. Brown, and two daughters, Mary Katherine Ann (b. 1930) and Kathryn Francis (b. 1934). Both daughters were adopted.
OH-18 in Holgate, Ohio, his birthplace, is renamed Joe E. Brown Ave.
The cartoon character Peter Potamus was modeled after Brown.