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  2. Grodin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Orthodox Jewish parents, [2][3] Theodore (1900–1953), who owned a store that sold wholesale supplies, and Lena (1907–1996; née Singer), who worked in her husband's business and volunteered for disabled veterans. [4][5] His paternal grandfather had changed the family name from Grodinsky to Grodin. [6]

  3. Deadpan comedian Charles Sidney Grodin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania of Russian/Polish ancestry and raised in a Jewish orthodox home. He attended the University of Miami but dropped out, opting instead for the life of a struggling actor.

    • April 21, 1935
    • May 18, 2021
  4. Deadpan comedian Charles Sidney Grodin was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania of Russian/Polish ancestry and raised in a Jewish orthodox home. He attended the University of Miami but dropped out, opting instead for the life of a struggling actor.

    • January 1, 1
    • Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
    • January 1, 1
    • Wilton, Connecticut, USA
  5. May 21, 2021 · Actor and comedian Charles Grodin, who made his mark in the movies and on TV, died Tuesday. He was 86 years old. Grodin's specialty was deadpan humor - the slow double-take, the droll...

    • Terry Gross
  6. May 18, 2021 · Charles Grodin, an American actor whose comic roles in films such as Midnight Run and Beethoven brought smiles to faces for decades, has died at 86. Grodin died at his home in Wilton,...

  7. Charles Sidney Grodin was born on 21 April 1935, in Pittsburgh. His mother was a housewife, and his father sold buttons, zips and other supplies to tailors.

  8. May 18, 2021 · Charles Grodin, a versatile comedic actor best known for his roles in movies like “Midnight Run” and “The Heartbreak Kid,” died Tuesday at his home in Connecticut, after battling cancer,...