Cliff Gorman

Joel Joshua Goldberg

Born October 13, 1936· Queens, New York City, New York, USA

† Died September 5, 2002

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Emerging from Queens, New York, and educated at Manhattan’s High School of Music & Art, he entered the performing arts under the name Cliff Gorman. An early triumph came with an Obie Award in 1968 for his stage work in The Boys in the Band, a role he later repeated in the 1970 film adaptation, and a Tony Award followed in 1972 for portraying Lenny Bruce on Broadway. His screen presence extended to…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources