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Grodin Born: 04/21/1935 Birth Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
USA  Born on April 21, 1935 in Pittsburgh, PA, Grodin was raised
in an Orthodox Jewish home by his father, Theodore, who sold
wholesale supplies, and his mother, Lena, who worked in the
family store and volunteered for disabled veterans. Though he
attended the University of Miami, where he studied performing
arts, he was eager to become an actor and decided to leave after
only six month. Grodin instead chose to study acting with Lee
Strasberg, Uta Hagen and Mira Rostova in New York, and soon made
his debut on Broadway with "Tchin Tchin" (1962), starring
opposite Anthony Quinn. His talent and his wry sense of humor
caught the attention of Hollywood soon enough, with Grodin
making his feature film