The American filmmaker, writer, actor, and comedian Woody Allen was born on November 30, 1935. His career has spanned more than six decades and includes numerous films that have won Academy Awards. He started out as a television writer in the 1950s, mostly for Your Show of Shows (1950–1954), when he collaborated with Mel Brooks, Carl Reiner, Larry Gelbart, and Neil Simon. In addition, he authored a number of books with short tales and contributed humorous essays to The New Yorker. He shared the stage in Greenwich Village with Lenny Bruce, Elaine May, Mike Nichols, and Joan Rivers during the beginning of the 1960s.
Woody Allen parents: Meet Nettie Konigsberg, Martin Konigsberg
On November 30, 1935, Allan Stewart Konigsberg was born in New York City. Despite his family’s Brooklyn residence, Mount Eden Hospital in the Bronx was the birthplace. Allen’s parents were Martin Konigsberg (1900-2001), a jewelry engraver and waiter, and Nettie (1906-2002), a bookkeeper at her family’s delicatessen. He was up in Brooklyn’s Midwood neighborhood with his younger sister, film producer Letty. The Lower East Side of Manhattan is where both of their parents were born and reared.
