Jerry Stiller

Who they were

Jerry Stiller, American comedian, actor (born 1927)

Early life

Stiller was born Gerald Isaac Stiller on June 8, 1927, in Brooklyn, New York. He grew up in a Jewish family and developed an early interest in performance and comedy.

Path and career

Stiller began his career in the 1950s as a stand-up comedian and later formed a comedy duo with Anne Meara, whom he married in 1953. The pair performed on television and recorded comedy albums throughout the 1960s and 1970s.

He gained widespread recognition in the 1990s playing Frank Costanza, the father of George Costanza, on NBC's Seinfeld. Later, he starred as Arthur Spooner on The King of Queens, a role he held from 1998 to 2007.

Why this date

Jerry Stiller appears on our May 11 calendar for 2020 as a death entry.