Joan Crawford? (The only reason I know this is because I was looking for cool **** that happened in 1977 for the count to a million quiz, aparently she died in 77 and the oscar thing gave it away)
I was born March 19, 1955 in Idar-Oberstein, Germany.
I am rumored to have been 'discovered' while working at the Museum Cafe on New York's Upper West Side.
I made my theater debut in the off-Broadway production of Heaven and Earth. I gained more experience and exposure in Fool for Love, a stint on television's Miami Vice, and in a Levi's commercial.
I went to California to audition for several television shows and managed to get the staring role playing David Addison Jr on a TV series which ran from 1985 to 1989.
In 1988 I played the role of a NYPD detective in a film which grossed $80,707,729 at the U.S. Box Office.
Ah cool. I was focusing on the Jewish name and then the awards because Emmy and Tony give out award for stage plays and I was trying to think if it was a stage and film actor and not a production/film. Then the "1968" Oscar some how made me think of the Producers and then Mel Brooks.
Right my go...
I was born in Umeshima, Adachi, Tokyo in 1947.
I am known for being a comedian, actor, presenter, author, poet, painter, video game designer and film director
My first TV appearance was in 1976 as part of a comedy double act called The Two Beats
I was banned from NHK studios for 5 years for exposing my body on TV
A motorcycle accident in 1994 led to partial paralysis and my now trademark dead pan facial expressions.