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Once described by a British critic as looking like "a bloodhound with a head cold", the magnificently... (Learn more)

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Walter Matthau’s Family
Name: Relation: Notes:
Carol Marcus wife met while both were acting on Broadway in "Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter" (1955); married on August 17, 1959; previously married to William Saroyan, with whom she had two children; wrote memoir, "Among the Porcupines" (1992); mother of Matthau's son Charles; died July 2003
Grace Geraldine Johnson wife divorced; has two children with Matthau
Aram Saroyan step-son born in 1944
Lucy Saroyan step-daughter born in January 1946
David Matthau son mother, Grace Johnson
Jenny Matthau daughter mother, Grace Johnson
Charles Matthau son born on December 10, 1965; mother, Carol Marcus; acted with father in "Charley Varrick" (1973) and "House Calls" (1978); credited as associate producer on three 1981 films starring father, "I Ought to Be in Pictures", "Buddy Buddy" and "First Monday in October"

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Born

October, 01 1920 in New York City, New York, USA

Education

  • Seward Park High School, New York, New York:
  • I S 64, New York, New York:
  • P S 25, New York, New York:
  • Dramatic Workshop of the New School for Social Research, New York, New York: studied with Erwin Piscator; among fellow students were Tony Curtis, Marlon Brando, Gene Saks and Rod Steiger
  • School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York, New York:

Professions

actor, director, producer, soda vendor