Art Carney
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Person

Art Carney

1918 – 2003 · aged 85

American actor and comedian (1918–2003)

Born
4 Nov 1918 · Mount Vernon
Died
9 Nov 2003 · Chester

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 98 years
  1. 4 Nov 1918BornBorn in Mount Vernon
  2. 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
  3. 1954AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
  4. 1955AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
  5. 1956AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
  6. 1975AwardAcademy Award for Best Actor
  7. 1984AwardPrimetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
  8. 9 Nov 2003DiedDied in Chester

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1918 – 2003).

  1. 1919 – 1920Paris Peace Conference
  2. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  3. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  4. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  5. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  6. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  7. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1938Munich Agreement
  9. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  10. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  11. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  12. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  13. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  14. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  15. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  16. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  17. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  18. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  19. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  20. 19541954 FIFA World Cup
  21. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  22. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  23. 1956Suez Crisis
  24. 19581958 FIFA World Cup
  25. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  26. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  27. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  28. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  29. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  30. 1968Prague Spring
  31. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  32. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  33. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  34. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  35. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  36. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  37. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  38. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  39. 1985Schengen Agreement
  40. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre

Biography

Arthur William Matthew Carney (November 4, 1918 – November 9, 2003) was an American actor and comedian. A recipient of an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and six Primetime Emmy Awards, he was best known for his role as Ed Norton on the sitcom The Honeymooners (1955–1956).

His film roles include Harry and Tonto (1974) for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor, The Late Show (1977), House Calls (1978), Going in Style (1979), Firestarter, The Muppets Take Manhattan (both 1984), Last Action Hero (1993), and the Star Wars Holiday Special.

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