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Eichner is a native of Queens and grew up in Forest Hills, the son of Debbie, who worked for a phone company, and Jay Eichner, a rent tax auditor. [1] [2] He was born to a Jewish family and had a Madonna-themed bar mitzvah. He has an older half-brother. [3]
Sep 28, 2022 · As a kid growing up in Queens, New York, comedian and actor Billy Eichner had a love of pop culture that was only fostered by his supportive parents, Debbie, who worked for a phone company, and...
- Eric Andersson
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- He was born in Forest Hills, Queens to Jewish parents. He has an older half-brother, but was raised “like an only child, and spoiled.” He did a parody of “Empire State of Mind” as “Forest Hills State of Mind” which includes the line: I was born in Forest Hills / to a Jewish yenta / had my circumcision / Forest Hills Jewish Center.
- His Madonna-themed bar mitzvah was at Terrace on the Park, a banquet hall in Flushing Meadows. Here he is (OMG)
- His first school production was in fourth grade, and he auditioned by singing “It’s Alright to Cry.” Billy recalls, “Everyone turned around and was like, ‘Whoa, this fat Jewish gay kid can really sing.’”
- He attended Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, where he starred in “Guys & Dolls.”
As a kid growing up in Queens, New York, comedian and actor Billy Eichner had a love of pop culture that was only fostered by his supportive parents, Debbie,...
Nov 12, 2022 · Instagram. As a child, Billy Eichner became obsessed with Broadway. How obsessed? According to a profile in The New Yorker, at 13, his parents took him to see a Broadway revival of "Guys and...
- Brent Furdyk
Nov 5, 2022 · Billy Eichner grew up in Queens, New York, with his parents Debbie and Jay. Debbie worked with a phone company and Jay was a tax auditor. Eichner describes his family to People as being very supportive of him.
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Oct 5, 2015 · HE LOST both of his parents relatively early—his mother to a heart attack when he was 20, and his father in 2011, just months before Eichner achieved fame via Billy on the Street.
