Joel Grey

The future Tony Award-winning Joel Grey was born on April 11, 1932, in Cleveland, OH. Grey (actually born Joel Katz) was the son of Yiddish comedian Mickey Katz, a member of the Spike Jones Orchestra, and a well-known nightclub performer and Broadway satirist. Joel Grey married Jo Wilder in 1957 and had two children, including actress Jennifer Grey who starred in the 1980s cult classic Dirty Dancing, as well as the short-lived television comedy It's Like You Know, in which her father had a guest appearance. Joel Grey made his stage debut at the age of nine as Pud in On Borrow...