Edward Asner
- Ed Asner was born on 15 November 1929 in Kansas City, the son of a scrap metal dealer.
- Ed Asner served in France for two years in the U.S. Army Signal Corps.
- On his return to the States, Ed Asner started acting in Chicago and then, in 1955, made his debut on Broadway in Face of A Hero.
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Ed Asner made numerous theatrical appearances before becoming known to a wider audience via TV. His major breakthrough was his role on the sitcom The Mary Tyler Moore Show as Lou Grant.
- The Mary Tyler Moore Show was a comedy but it spawned a drama spin-off with Ed Asner playing the title role in Lou Grant, which ran from 1977 to 1982 with Lou Grant as the editor of the L.A. Tribune.
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Asner won numerous Emmys and Golden Globes for Lou Grant and became the only actor to win Emmys for playing the same character in a comedy and a drama series.
- Asner also won Emmys and Golden Globe Awards for his roles in Roots, in which he played Captain Davies, a slave trader; and Rich Man, Poor Man.
- In 2007, Ed Asner was nominated for an Emmy for best Supporting actor in a mini-series / TV movie for his work on The Christmas Card.
- Ed Asner was President of the Screen Actors' Guild (SAG) from 1981 to 1985. In 2002 he was awarded SAG's 38th Annual Life Achievement Award.
- Ed Asner has been active politically and has often been critical of US foreign policy. He has supported organisations such as Peace Now, the American Civil Liberties Union and Amnesty International.
- Recommended Reading: The Museum of Broadcast Communications: Ed Asner | BBC: TV's Lou Grant honoured
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