The History of Comedy

04/10/2025

R.I.P.
(1929-2025)

Actress Dame Patricia Routledge, known for playing Hyacinth Bucket in classic TV sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, has died at the age of 96.

19/08/2025

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19/08/2025

My Oxford Year is a 2025 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Iain Morris and written by Allison Burnett and Melissa Osborne, inspired by the novel of the same name by Julia Whelan, which was adapted from Burnett's original screenplay. It stars Sofia Carson and Corey Mylchreest.

05/06/2025

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20/02/2025

Stan Laurel
English Comic actor and director

Born: 16 June 1890, Ulverston
Died: 23 February 1965 (age 74 years), Santa Monica, California, United States
Spouse: Ida Kitaeva Raphael (m. 1946–1965), Virginia Ruth Rogers (m. 1941–1946) · See more
Children: Lois Laurel, Stanley Robert Laurel
Grandchild: Rand Brooks Jr.
Place of burial: Forest Lawn, Los Angeles, California, United States

Stan Laurel, born Arthur Stanley Jefferson; 16 June 1890 – 23 February 1965) was an English comic actor, director and writer who was one half of the comedy duo Laurel and Hardy.[1] He appeared with his comedy partner Oliver Hardy in 107 short films, feature films and cameo roles

Laurel and Hardy are featured on the cover of the Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. In 1989, a statue of Laurel was erected in Dockwray Square, North Shields, Tyne and Wear, England, where he lived at No. 8 from 1897 to 1902. The steps down from the Square to the North Shields Fish Quay were said to have inspired the piano-moving scene in The Music Box. In a 2005 UK poll, Comedians' Comedian, Laurel and Hardy were ranked top double act and seventh overall. Along with Hardy, Laurel was inducted into the Grand Order of Water Rats.

06/02/2025

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After witnessing a Mafia murder, slick saxophone player Joe (Tony Curtis) and his long-suffering buddy, Jerry (Jack Lemmon), improvise a quick plan to escape...

06/02/2025

Some Like it Hot

06/02/2025

♒️Jack Lemmon
American actor

Born: 8 February 1925, Newton, Massachusetts, United States
Died: 27 June 2001 (age 76 years), Los Angeles, California, United States
Spouse: Felicia Farr (m. 1962–2001), Cynthia Stone (m. 1950–1956)
Place of burial: Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary, Los Angeles, California, United States
Children: Courtney Lemmon, Chris Lemmon
Nominations: Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor. Considered proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, Lemmon was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in comedy-drama films. He received numerous accolades including two Academy Awards, seven Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards. He received the AFI Life Achievement Award in 1988, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1991, and the Kennedy Center Honors in 1996. The Guardian labeled him as "the most successful tragi-comedian of his age."

31/12/2024

31/12/2024

Rowan Sebastian Atkinson CBE (born 6 January 1955) is an English actor, comedian and writer. He played the title roles in the sitcoms Blackadder (1983–1989) and Mr. Bean (1990–1995), and in the film series Johnny English (2003–present). Atkinson first came to prominence on the BBC sketch comedy show Not the Nine O'Clock News (1979–1982), receiving the 1981 British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance.