Soupy Sales

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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