Soupy Sales
About this star
- Category: Television
- Unveiled: 07 Jan 2005
- Star rank: 1174
- Address:
7010 Hollywood Blvd - Position: 4 tiles from the curb, facing west
- GPS location:
34.101411, -118.341868
Biography
Sales at the Big Apple Convention in NYC, June 8, 2008
Source: Wikipedia
Soupy Sales (January 8, 1926 – October 22, 2009) was an American comedian, actor, radio-TV personality and host, and jazz aficionado. He was best known for his local and network children’s television show, Lunch with Soupy Sales; a series of comedy sketches frequently ending with Sales receiving a pie in the face, which became his trademark.
Fact file
- Birth name: Milton Supman
- Born: January 8, 1926 Franklinton, North Carolina, United States
- Died: October 22, 2009 (aged 83) Bronx, New York, United States
- Medium: Television, radio, film
- Years active: 1949–2009
- Genres: Slapstick, word play, improvisation
- Influences: Marx Brothers Harry Ritz
- Influenced: Saturday Night Live Paul Reubens aka Pee-wee Herman Andy Kaufman
- Spouse: Barbara Fox (m. 1950–1979) «start: (1950)–end+1: (1980)»“Marriage: Barbara Fox to Soupy Sales” Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soupy_Sales) Trudy Carson (m. 1980–2009) «start: (1980)–end+1: (2010)»“Marriage: Trudy Carson to Soupy Sales” Location: (linkback:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soupy_Sales)
- Notable works and roles: Lunch with Soupy Sales
Read more about Soupy Sales at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database
Hollywood Blvd, south side, between Sycamore and Orange
- Go east and cross Orange
- Go west and cross Sycamore
- Cross to the north side of Hollwood near Sycamore
- Cross to the north side of Hollwood near Orange
Nearby you will also find Jo Van Fleet, Monte Hale, The Everly Brothers, Kevin Kline, James Dunn, Natalie Wood, Angela Bassett, Errol Flynn, Walter Lantz, and many others.