Caesar, Sid, 1922-2014

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Sid Caesar (born Isaac Sidney Caesar, September 8, 1922 – February 12, 2014) was an American actor, comedian and writer. He was best known for two pioneering 1950s live television series: Your Show of Shows (1950–1954) and its successor, Caesar's Hour (1954–1957). Caesar was considered a "sketch comic" and actor, as opposed to a stand-up comedian. He also relied more on body language, accents, and facial contortions than simply dialogue. Unlike the slapstick comedy which was standard on TV, his style was considered "avant garde" in the 1950s.
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referencedIn Audio Recordings, 1942 - 1999 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn East West Research Files, 1967-1989 University of California, Berkeley. The Ethnic Studies Library.
referencedIn Sid Caesar collection, [19--?-ongoing]. Museum of Performance & Design
referencedIn Abe Burrows collection of sound recordings [sound recording] The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
referencedIn Ambassador Auditorium Collection, 1974-1995 Archive of Recorded Sound, Stanford University Libraries
referencedIn Max Liebman papers, 1903-1981 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Paramount Pictures, Inc., Collection. 1951 - 1951. Motion Picture Newsreel Films. 10/1941 - 3/1957. PARAMOUNT NEWS [SEPT. 19] National Archives at College Park
referencedIn Moving Images Relating to the Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of World War II, 1991–1995 National Archives at College Park
referencedIn American Vaudeville Museum collection, 1845-2007, (bulk 1910-1940) University of Arizona Libraries, Library Special Collections
referencedIn Souvenir programs of motion pictures, 1915-1978. Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
referencedIn Gypsy Rose Lee papers, 1910-1970 The New York Public Library. Billy Rose Theatre Division.
referencedIn Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001 Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
creatorOf Sid Caesar Papers 1950-1963 Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
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referencedIn Posters Created or Acquired for Outpost Use, ca. 1960–ca. 1994 National Archives at College Park

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Television
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Birth 1922-09-08

Death 2014-02-12

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