![]() ![]() But after regularly performing stand-up in Chicago at mob-run nightclubs and various venues in the upper Midwest, he instead started his comedy career at the Prevue Lounge in New Orleans, Louisiana, where he worked for six years. ![]() ![]() Greene had planned to become a gym teacher. He was briefly-but more than once-enrolled at Wright Junior College. He served in the United States Navy during World War II for three years and was discharged in 1944. He emulated his older brother, who liked to speak in accents. He enjoyed performing as a youth as a singer and drama club he formed while attending Sullivan High School. Greene was born to Jewish parents, Carl and Bessie Greenfield, and raised on the North Side of Chicago, Illinois. ![]() In television, he has guest-starred on such television shows as Love, American Style and Combat!, and later Laverne & Shirley and Mad About You.Įarly life, family and education He has appeared in several films, including Tony Rome History of the World, Part I and Splash. He is known for his nightclub performances in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he became a headliner in the 1950s and '60s. Shecky Greene (born Fred Sheldon Greenfield April 8, 1926) is an American comedian. ![]()
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