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  Woody Allen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Allen was born in New York City to a Jewish family of Austrian and Russian ancestry.
Even though Allen and Previn denied he was ever her stepfather, the relationship drew much scrutiny for its perceived impropriety.
Allen is a passionate fan of jazz which is often featured prominently in his movies' soundtracks.
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 Woody Allen
Woody Allen (born December 1, 1935) is one of the major American film directors and comedians of the second half of the 20th century.
Allen was born in Brooklyn, NYC as Allen Stewart Konigsberg.
These events made Woody Allen disappear from the screen for a while and stimulated much interpretation of his later movies, especially of Husbands and Wives[?] which describes the crises of a long-married couple, with Farrow and Allen in the main roles (the movie was shot before the split).
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 Woody Allen - MSN Encarta
Woody Allen, born in 1935, American motion-picture director, actor, and writer, many of whose films are humorous depictions of neurotic characters preoccupied with love and death.
He was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg in Brooklyn, New York.
Allen’s first major critical success came with Annie Hall (1977), in which he plays a comedian who falls in love with a singer played by Diane Keaton.
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 Woody Allen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Born Allen Stewart Konigsberg in Brooklyn, New York, this multi-talented actor, director, writer, and musician began his career as a comedian and playwright.
Allen's films are characterized by their neurotic, urban-Jewish shtick and can be dated by the female lead -- who is generally his current lover of choice.
Reclusive and anti-Hollywood, Allen's critical moment in the spotlight was not for his work as a filmmaker, but for his affair with Farrow's (college-age) adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn.
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 Allen, Woody - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
ALLEN, WOODY [Allen, Woody] (Allen Stewart Konigsberg), 1935-, American actor, writer, and director, one of contemporary America's leading filmmakers, b.
Allen changed his venue to the city of London for Match Point (2005), a tale of wealth, lust, crime, and luck that won wide acclaim and did much to revive his flagging reputation.
In 1992, in a bitter public dispute, Allen left Mia Farrow for her adopted daughter and sued the actress for custody of their children and lost (1993).
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 DEEP FOCUS: Woody Allen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Respected as one of the great comedians of the century, Woody Allen is also considered to be one of the great film directors as well.
Allen was actually born Allen Stewart Konigsberg on December 1, 1935 in Brooklyn, New York.
Thanks to his rising fame, Allen was given the chance to star in several films as well as make a few.
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 Woody Allen
Allen has won eight BAFTA (British Academy of Film) awards and his films have consistently won prizes and acclaim from the New York and Chicago Film Critics Circles, the Writers Guild of America, the Cesar Awards in France and the Bodils in Denmark.
Allen appears fascinated by the fact that whether or not we choose to acknowledge it, death's constant presence is manifested in the idea of God and the possibility of moral order in the universe, the afterlife, fate.
However Allen's decision to have this particular character commit suicide perhaps indicates that he (Allen) no longer has faith in reason; that, as another character in the film comments, systems of belief are futile in the face of lived experience.
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 AskMen.com - Woody Allen pics
Allen Stewart Konigsberg was born on December 1,1935, in Brooklyn, New York.
Allen's name was in the news in 1993 not for his work, but because he and longtime girlfriend Farrow split up after she discovered he and her adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn, were carrying on an affair.
Allen wrote, directed and starred in his first musical, Everyone Says I Love You (1996), featuring Drew Barrymore and Julia Roberts, which was shot in Manhattan, Paris and Venice.
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 GoneMovie.com -> Woody Allen, his life and movies
Born Allen Stewart Konigsberg in Brooklyn, he adopted his stage name at the age of 17, and in 1953 enrolled in New York University's film program, quickly failing the course "Motion Picture Production" and soon dropping out of school to begin writing for comedian David Alber for the sum of $20 a week.
With 1979's Manhattan (his last film with Keaton for many years) Allen's comic impulses and his desire for respect met halfway, and the results were remarkable; an autobiographical ode to his beloved New York City set against the music of George Gershwin.
By the time of its release, the couple had separated; Allen had begun an affair with Farrow's adopted daughter Soon Yi Previn and Farrow had accused Allen of molesting their adopted daughter.
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 Anecdote - Woody [born Allan Stewart Konigsberg] Allen - Neurotic Woody   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Allen took one look and declared that he couldn't use it.
Because the drain was in the middle of the shower rather than off to the side, he explained, he was afraid that he might accidentally touch some germs...
[Allen was so paranoid about microbes that he refused to use Farrow's dishes and utensils and insisted on using paper cups and plates.
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 Anecdote - Woody [born Allan Stewart Konigsberg] Allen - Phobia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Anecdote - Woody [born Allan Stewart Konigsberg] Allen - Phobia
Woody Allen's neuroses are a thing of legend.
Dogs, deer, and bright colours - which is why he and the characters he plays nearly always dress blandly, in green and brown corduroy.
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 Woody Allen
Woody Allen was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg on 1 December 1935 in Brooklyn, New York.
Woody Allen is the master of the comedic non-sequitur.
Asked what it was like working with Woody Allen, Sevigny replied:
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 Woody Allen Bio by FilmMakers Magazine
Woody Allen is one of the most well known and respected names in the movie industry.
Woody is the son of Martin and Nettea Cherrie Konigsberg, both of whom were Orthodox Jews.
At the age of 15, he changed his name to Woody Allen, and at 16 while still in school, Woody was hired to write jokes for radio and television performers.
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 Amazon.com: Woody Allen: A Biography: Books: Eric Lax   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Woody Allen was born in Brooklyn, New York, in the spring of 1952, when Allen Stewart Konigsberg, who was born in the Bronx on December 1, 1935, settled on the name as a suitable cover.
What Mr Allen does or doesn't do in his private life is of passing interest to me. That he likes younger women doesn't make him much different, maybe unfortunately, from millions of other men (is Rupert Murdoch a classic example or what?) If I want gossip I read a magazine.
Contrary to the tabloid-like obsession with Allen's women which many writers of today appear to revel, Lax's primary emphasis is on his work, influences, and progress as a comedian.
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 Geometry.Net - Celebrities: Allen Woody
Woody Allen on Woody Allen: In Conversation With Stig Bjorkman by Woody Allen, Stig Bjorkman, 01 November, 1995
Allen Woody held down the bass chair in the Allman Brothers Band during their revival in the 1990s.
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 Allen, Woody - The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition - HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Konigsberg, the elderly parents of Woody Allen, who was born Alan Stewart Konigsberg...
Archive Photos 01-01-1990 Woody Allen and son Once venerated by filmgoers for his Oscar-winning comedies, Woody Allen saw his public image suffer near-tot...
Archive Photos 04-08-1973 Woody Allen and Diane Keaton Although sometimes overshadowed by the recent tumult in his personal life, the films of Woody Allen place him among Hollywood's most prolific and successful directors...
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 Wikinfo | Woody Allen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Allen was born Allen Stewart Konigsberg in Brooklyn, New York.
Woody Allen continues to write and direct on average one film a year, with box office grosses over $10,000,000 considered a relative success.
Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
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 Woody Allen: Tutte le informazioni su Woody Allen su Encyclopedia.it
Woody Allen: Tutte le informazioni su Woody Allen su Encyclopedia.it
Woody Allen (al secolo Heywood Allen Stewart Konigsberg), regista e attore cinematografico statunitense, è nato il 1 dicembre 1935 a Brooklyn (New York).
Dopo uno scandalo che ebbe ampio eco nel mondo mediatico americano, Woody Allen sposa Soon-Yi il 22 dicembre 1997.
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 Amazon.com: Complete Prose of Woody Allen: Books: Woody Allen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Born in 1935, Allen Stewart Konigsberg (better known as Woody Allen) is today one of the most influential figures in cinema.
Getting Even is a collection of 17 of Allen's magazine pieces from the late 1960s discussing such bizarre topics as the invention of the sandwich, laundry lists, death, obesity, and, of course, rabbis.
Throughout, Allen grapples in his wildly inventive way with the targets that obsess him: death, God (or lack of God), women (or lack of women), intellectuals, the arts, and even dentists.
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 Movie Production - Great Movie Directors - Great Film Directors   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The irony here is that most of his recent films, despite their intentions, have been about as funny as a burning orphanage.
With formative influences comprising The Marx Brothers and Ingmar Bergman, Allen's oeuvre was always going to be a mixed bag.
1979's Manhattan is, of course, Allen's masterpiece and his Valentine to New York is as affectionate and wryly amusing as the city that made him deserves.
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 Woody Allen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Turner Classic Movies is throwing a birthday party on Friday, December 1, for Allen Stewart Konigsberg, AKA Woody Allen, and everyone is invited to come.
The science fiction genre gets a good working-over in Sleeper (1973), the one where Allen wakes up after being in cryogenic suspension for 200 years and discovers the world is controlled by a power mad dictator.
While the film may be an homage to Fellini's 8 1/2 (1963), it remains a fascinating work by a major filmmaker at a pivotal stage in his career.
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 Allen, Woody - HighBeam Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
His early film comedies, which often depict neurotic urban characters preoccupied with sex, death, and psychiatry, include Sleeper (1973) and Annie Hall (1977; Academy Award, best picture).
Find newspaper and magazine articles plus images and maps related to "Allen, Woody" at HighBeam.
Not Woody Allen, who puts his heart and soul into his work
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 FindNYC.com : Profiles : Celebrities : Woody Allen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
In fact Woody Allen was born not in 1935 but in 1952, that was the year Allen Stewart Konigsberg assumed the name Woody Allen.
And since Allan Konigsberg is not a light name for a funny person, he ended up with Woody Allen.
As a child Woody was supposedly very introverted, he hated school and spent most of his free time alone in his room practicing magic tricks or his clarinet.
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 BookRags: Woody Allen Biography
Woody Allen is one of the most prominent and important figures in contemporary film comedy.
Born Allen Stewart Konigsberg, the son of Martin Konigsberg and Nettie Cherry, Allen was brought up in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn.
While at Midwood High School (1949 to 1953) he started sending jokes to columnists such as Earl Wilson and Walter Winchell, who used them by claiming they were the witty remarks of a star or public perso.....
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 Woody Allen
Woody Allen - Allen, Woody (Allen Stewart Konigsberg), 1935–, American actor, writer, and director, one of...
Woody Allen - Filmmaker, born 1 December 1935, The director and star of Annie Hall
Love and Death - Starring Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, Georges Adet, Frank Adu, Edmond Ardisson
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 Woody Allen - AOL Music   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg on December 1, 1935) is an Academy Award-winning...
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 Biography for Woody Allen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Woody Allen was born on December 1, 1935, as Allen Konigsberg, in Brooklyn, New York.
Adopted second daughter Manzie Tio Allen after she was born in Texas.
According to Mia Farrow's biography, "What Falls Away", Frank Sinatra offered to have Allen's legs broken when he was found to be having an affair with her adopted daughter, Soon-Yi Previn.
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 Woody Allen
Ken is the light of inspiration, the light of imagination, and a beacon in the darkest hours.
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Words that embody things that may be a part of you are "Bear, Card, God".
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 Allen (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)
Allen, Gracie Allen, Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, Gracie
United States comedienne remembered as the confused but imperturbable partner of her husband, George Burns (1906-1964).
Gracie Allen, Grace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen, Gracie
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