Joe E. Brown

This article is about the actor and comedian. For the Georgia governor, see Joseph E. Brown. For the South Carolina legislator, see Joe Ellis Brown.

Joe E. Brown
Brown in 1945
Born
Joseph Evans Brown

(1891-07-28)July 28, 1891[1]
Holgate, Ohio, U.S.
DiedJuly 6, 1973(1973-07-06) (aged 81)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Years active1928–1964
Spouse
Kathryn Francis McGraw
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(m. 1915)​
Children4, including Joe L. Brown

Joseph Evans Brown (July 28, 1891 – July 6, 1973) was an American actor and comedian, remembered for his friendly screen persona, comic timing, and enormous, elastic-mouth smile.[2] He was one of the most popular American comedians in the 1930s and 1940s, and enjoyed lengthy careers in both motion pictures and radio. Later he became a character actor and comedian, as in Some Like It Hot (1959), in which he utters the film's famous punchline "Well, nobody's perfect."

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