--- Rodney Dangerfield's Comedian Bio ---
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Rodney DangerfieldRodney Dangerfield (November 22, 1921 – October 5, 2004), born Jacob Cohen, was an American comedian and actor, best known for the catchphrase "I don't get no respect" and his monologues on that theme.
His comedy album No Respect won a Grammy Award. One of his TV specials featured a musical number, "Rappin' Rodney”, which soon became one of the first MTV music videos.
His career peaked during the early 1980s, when he became a movie star. His appearance in Caddyshack led to starring roles in Easy Money and Back To School. In Back to School, Dangerfield's writing described the character Lou (Burt Young) as "nice and tough" — he put one son through college and another through a wall. (On The Tonight Show, he applied this same description to his doctor, Dr. Vinni Goombah.)
He played an abusive father in Natural Born Killers in a scene where he wrote his own lines.
In 1994, Rodney Dangerfield won an American Comedy Award for lifetime creative achievement. He was also recognized by the Smithsonian Institution, which put one of his trademark white shirts and red ties on display. When asked about the honor, he joked that the museum was using his shirt to clean Charles Lindbergh's plane.
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