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Early lifeThe youngest of five children, Short was born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada to Charles and Olive Short. His father, an executive with Stelco,[1] a Canadian steel company, came to North America in 1921 as a stowaway Roman Catholic refugee from Belfast, Northern Ireland during the Troubles.[citation needed] His mother, who was the concertmaster of the Hamilton Symphony Orchestra, encouraged his early creative endeavours.[2] Short attended Westdale Secondary School[3] and graduated in 1972 from McMaster University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in social work. Short lost several members of his family at an early age. His eldest brother, David, was killed in a car accident in 1962, when Short was 12. His mother died of cancer when he was 17; two years later, his father died of complications from a stroke in 1972.[4] Career
Sketch comedyShort was encouraged to pursue comedy by McMasters classmates Eugene Levy and Dave Thomas, both notable comedians in their own right. He joined Levy and Thomas at the Second City improv troupe in 1977. Short came to public notice when the troupe produced a show for television, which ran for several years in Canada and the United States. Short was a cast member and performed several recurring characters. He was a member of the troupe for several years, and also performed on Saturday Night Live for the 1984-1985 season. [1] CharactersAmong Short's recurring characters:
The Grimley character became perhaps Short's best known original character. He also was recognized for his impersonations of celebrities, notably Jerry Lewis and Katharine Hepburn. (See "Trivia" below for a list of other impersonations.) Other rolesAfter doing sketch comedy for several years, Short focused on film roles, appearing in several films, including Three Amigos, Innerspace, and the 1992 remake of Father of the Bride. He also resumed work in the theater, taking a role in the 1993 musical version of the Neil Simon work The Goodbye Girl. He had the lead role in the 1999 revival of the musical Little Me, which earned him a Tony Award. Fame Becomes MeShort performed in a satirical one-man show (with a full cast of six), Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me, at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre on Broadway. The show toured several cities in the spring of 2006, began previews on July 29, 2006, opened on August 17 and closed on January 7, 2007. In it, he performed his aforementioned classic characters Grimley, Cohen, and Glick. As Glick, Short brought a member of the audience (usually a celebrity) on stage and interviews him or her. Jerry Seinfeld was the guest on opening night and the subjects have included Kristin Chenoweth, Regis Philbin, Neil Simon, Diane Keaton, Jamie Lee Curtis, Richard Kind, David Schwimmer, David Hasselhoff and many more. The show also featured parodies of many celebrities including Judy Garland, Liza Minnelli, Celine Dion, Katharine Hepburn, Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, Tommy Tune, Joan Rivers, Britney Spears, Ellen DeGeneres, Renée Zellweger, Jodie Foster and Short's wife, actress Nancy Dolman. The cast album release date is set for Tuesday, April 10th, 2007 and will be available off of Ghostlight Records (www.sh-k-boom.com). Awards and other recognitionFor his work, Short has received recognition, including several prestigious awards:
Personal lifeShort met Canadian comic actress Nancy Dolman during the run of the 1972 production of Godspell. After that production, Short dated costar Radner, then began dating Dolman (Radner's understudy) in 1974. The couple married in 1980. Dolman was most notable for her recurring role on the ABC cult sitcom "Soap", SCTV, and "Custard Pie". Dolman retired from show business in 1985 to be a homemaker.[citation needed] Short and Dolman have three children: Katherine Elizabeth (born December 3, 1983), Oliver Patrick (born 1986), and Henry (born 1990). Short and his family make their home in Pacific Palisades, California, and Short has become a naturalized U.S. citizen (but also maintains his Canadian citizenship).[citation needed] They also have a home on Lake Muskoka[5] in Ontario, Canada. Short, a Roman Catholic, is often incorrectly identified as Jewish.[2] His brother, Michael Short, is a comedy writer and a two-time Emmy Award winner. Extended familyDolman's brother, screenwriter/director Bob Dolman (who served as a part of SCTV's Emmy-winning writing team alongside Short), married their close friend and colleague Andrea Martin, also in 1980. Dolman and Short are aunt and uncle to the couple's two sons, Jack (born 1981) and Joe (born 1983). Bob Dolman and Andrea Martin have since divorced. [2] Also, Short is the first cousin of Clare Short, a member of the British Parliament and a former British cabinet minister.
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