Woody Allen
Woody Allen (1935, Brooklyn) was born as Allen Stewart Konigsberg. He started his career in about 1961 as a stand-up comic and wrote jokes for television programmes, among them Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. His film début as a scriptwriter and actor was What's New Pussycat?. Then followed a series of comedies which he directed himself and played the leading role. With Interiors (1978) Woody Allen took a more serious turn which he has maintained alongside comedies to this day.Woody Allen (1935, Brooklyn) was born as Allen Stewart Konigsberg. He started his career in about 1961 as a stand-up comic and wrote jokes for television programmes, among them Johnny Carson's Tonight Show. His film debut as a scriptwriter and actor was What's New Pussycat?. Then followed a series of comedies which he directed himself and played the leading role. With Interiors (1978) Woody Allen took a more serious turn which he has maintained alongside comedies to this day. He performs every Tuesday evening as a clarinettist in a jazz band, and can also often be heard in Sleeper playing the instrument.
Filmography
Films: Take the Money and Run (1969), Bananas (1971), Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex but Were Afraid to Ask (1972), Sleeper (1973), Love and Death (1975), Annie Hall (1977), Interiors (1978), Manhattan (1979), Stardust Memories (1980), A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (1982), Zelig (1983), Broadway Danny Rose (1984), The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Radio Days (1987), September (1987), Another Woman (1988), New York Stories ('Oedipus Wrecks' episode), Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989), Alice (1990), Shadows and Fog (1992), Husbands and Wives (1992), Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), Mighty Aphrodite (1995), Everyone Says I Love You (1996), Deconstructing Harry (1997).