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  2. Henry Franklin Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is an American actor, comedian, author, producer, and director. Widely known as Arthur "Fonzie" Fonzarelli on the American television series Happy Days, Winkler has distinguished himself as a character actor for roles on stage and screen.

  3. Actor: The Waterboy. Henry Franklin Winkler was born on October 30, 1945, in Manhattan, New York. His parents, Ilse Anna Maria (Hadra) and Harry Irving Winkler, were German Jewish immigrants who escaped the Holocaust by moving to the US in 1939. His father was the president of an international lumber company while his mother worked alongside ...

    • October 30, 1945
    • She Opened Her Own PR Firm After Graduating from USC
    • She Met Winkler in 1976
    • She and Winkler Got Married in 1978
    • She Is A Mom of Three
    • She Co-Founded The Children's Action Network with Winkler
    • She and Winkler Once Took in Marlee Matlin
    • She Believes "To Grow Up with Someone" Is The Key to A Long Marriage
    • Winkler Says Therapy Made Him A "More Present" Husband

    Weitzman studied at the University of Southern California. After graduation, she started her own public relations firm and worked with clients like Van Cleef & Arpels, Jag and Jerry Magnin's, a clothing store in Beverly Hills.

    Winkler met Weitzman at Jerry Magnin's clothing store, which was one of her PR clients at the time. He was starring on Happy Days, and she later recalled that the two were introduced after someone said, "Hey, there's Fonzie." The actor returned to the store a week later, telling PEOPLE, "I came back to the store the next week and she was there. And...

    The couple were together for two years before they got married at a synagogue in New York City. Winkler's career was on the rise, and in 2001, Weitzman told PEOPLE that the attention was sometimes a lot to deal with. She said, "People would rush up to Henry and literally walk over my feet. One time I said, 'You've just completely ruined my stocking...

    Two years after their wedding, Winkler and Weitzman welcomed their first child together, daughter Zoe, on Sept. 30, 1980. Their second child, son Max, was born on Aug. 18, 1983. Weitzman is also mom to son Jed, who was 4 years old at the time she met Winkler. The couple are now grandparents, too. They have both shared how much their grandchildren m...

    Winkler has made working with children a big part of his life, and Weitzman has been right there alongside him every step of the way. In 1990, Weitzman and Winkler partnered with six other couples (including Steven Spielberg and Kate Capshaw) to found the Children's Action Network. The network's work includes offering vaccinations to children for f...

    The pair met actress Marlee Matlinwhen she was just 12 years old after they saw her perform at the International Center on Deafness and the Arts. Eight years later, Matlin needed a place to stayand asked Winkler and Weitzman if she could spend a few days with them. The Oscar winner ended up living with the couple for nearly three years and they wel...

    While speaking to PEOPLE in August 2019, Weitzman revealed the key to her long-lasting marriagewith Winkler. “The most wonderful thing is to really be able to grow with someone,” she said. “We’re not the same people we are when we got married. It does take work. There are glitches in the road, and you get a little off kilter, but if you have the ab...

    In his memoir, Being Henry: The Fonz…And Beyond, Winkler admitted to being "adrift and insecure" after Weitzman was diagnosed with cancer in the early 2000s. “I was not there,” he told PEOPLE of those years. “I was not whole.” Today, after seven years of consistent therapy, Winkler feels like he's a "more present" husband.

  4. www.imdb.com › name › nm0001857Henry Winkler - IMDb

    Henry Winkler. Actor: The Waterboy. Henry Franklin Winkler was born on October 30, 1945, in Manhattan, New York. His parents, Ilse Anna Maria (Hadra) and Harry Irving Winkler, were German Jewish immigrants who escaped the Holocaust by moving to the US in 1939.

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  5. Apr 2, 2014 · Henry Winkler is an American actor, producer and director best known for his portrayal of Fonzie on the hit 1970s sitcom Happy Days. He later appeared in movies like Scream (1996) and surfaced...

  6. Nov 2, 2023 · Emmy Award-winning actor Henry Winkler is opening up about his life and career in a new memoir hitting shelves this week. In “Being Henry: The Fonz…And Beyond,” the 78-year-old actor tells ...

  7. Apr 27, 2022 · Henry Winkler Breaks the Curse of Stardom Now in his 70s, the pop culture icon has found his true calling on “Barry,” as the king of character actors. Credit...