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Jackie Mason

1928 - 2021

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Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza; Yiddish: יעקב משה מזא"ה; June 9, 1928 – July 24, 2021) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. His 1986 one-man show The World According to Me! won a Special Tony Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, an Ace Award, an Emmy Award, and earned a Grammy nomination. Later, his 1988 special Jackie Mason on Broadway won another Emmy Award (for outstanding writing) and another Ace Award, and his 1991 voice-over of Rabbi Hyman Krustofski in The Simpsons episode "Like Father, Like Clown" won Mason a third Emmy Award. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 20 different languages on Wikipedia. Jackie Mason is the 9,724th most popular actor (down from 9,203rd in 2024), the 14,510th most popular biography from United States (down from 13,500th in 2019) and the 4,525th most popular American Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jackie Mason ranks 9,724 out of 13,578. Before him are Dave England, Kiersten Warren, No Min-woo, Polly Moran, Reema Lagoo, and Justine Bateman. After him are Sung Joon, Nadja Uhl, Jonathan Cherry, Agata Kulesza, Jimmy Lin, and Ján Franek.

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Among people born in 1928, Jackie Mason ranks 584. Before him are Gerhard Weinberg, Philip Levine, Keely Smith, Barbara Nichols, Vince Edwards, and Malachi Throne. After him are Reubin Askew, Yvette Vickers, Conrad Janis, Albert Brewer, Bruce Forsyth, and Robert Bergland. Among people deceased in 2021, Jackie Mason ranks 693. Before him are Peter Scolari, Sally Ann Howes, Shashikala, Roger Michell, Emmanuel Félémou, and Saginaw Grant. After him are Rajiv Kapoor, Carie Graves, Igor Savochkin, Jamal Al-Qabendi, Ruthie Tompson, and Sidharth Shukla.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jackie Mason ranks 14,514 out of 20,380. Before him are Kiersten Warren (1965), Todd McCarthy (1950), David Morales (1962), Polly Moran (1883), Justine Bateman (1966), and Bernard King (1956). After him are Sasha Cohen (1984), Steve Young (1961), Samuel Bodman (1938), Greg Oden (1988), Mauricio Ochmann (1977), and Helen Twelvetrees (1908).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Jackie Mason ranks 4,527. Before him are Gene Reynolds (1923), Janet Waldo (1919), Dave England (1969), Kiersten Warren (1965), Polly Moran (1883), and Justine Bateman (1966). After him are Mauricio Ochmann (1977), Helen Twelvetrees (1908), Allan Jones (1907), Kathleen Kinmont (1965), Sonequa Martin-Green (1985), and Morgan Brittany (1951).

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