Sid Caesar collection, [19--?-ongoing].

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Sid Caesar collection, [19--?-ongoing].

Collection contains clipping, photograph, and program files.

3 folders.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7495860

Museum of Performance & Design

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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 ...