The late Alan Wolf Arkin, who died at the age of 86, was an American actor, director, and screenwriter. In a career spanning eight decades, he received various accolades, including an Academy Award, a British Academy Film Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Tony Award. For his work on television, he received six Primetime Emmy Award nominations.
Alan Arkin wife
Arkin was thrice married, with two marriages ending in divorce. He and Jeremy Yaffe, his first wife, got married from 1955 to 1961. He was married to actress-screenwriter Barbara Dana from 1964 to 1994; she appeared with him in segments of Sesame Street in the 1970s.
They lived in Chappaqua, New York, and was the second wife. In 1996, Arkin married psychotherapist Suzanne Newlander, whose surname he adopted for his character Norman Newlander in The Kominsky Method.
Alan Arkin children
From Arkin’s three marriages, he had three sons. He had two sons: Adam Arkin, born on August 19, 1956, and Matthew Arkin, born on March 21, 1960, with his first wife, Jeremy Yaffe. In 1967, he had a son named Anthony (Tony) Dana Arkin with his second wife.
Alan Arkin parents
Arkin was the son of David I. Arkin, a painter, and writer, and his wife, Beatrice (née Wortis), a teacher. He was raised in a Jewish family with “no emphasis on religion.”
Alan Arkin siblings
Arkin was not the only child; he had a brother named Bob Arkin.
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