Cleese, John
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| born on | 27 October 1939 at 03:15 (= 03:15 AM ) | ||
| Place | Weston-Super-Mare, England, 51n21, 2w59 | ||
| Timezone | GDT h1e (is daylight saving time) | ||
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| Astrology data |   02°46'   19°11 Asc. 12°35'
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Biography
British actor most noted for the inventive and zany "Monty Python" troupe. Handsome and hyperactive, 6' 5", he wrote and played in humor sketches and radio comedy while still in Cambridge.
Cleese developed the outstanding "Monte Python" team along with Terry Jones, Eric Idle and Graham Chapman, creating the TV series and feature films. Apart from the Python group, he played in a hilarious sit-com "Fawlty Towers" for 12 episodes, and in 1972 he started Video Arts, writing and producing more than 70 business training films that use humor to make the point.
While touring in the United States he met an American girl whom he married in 1968; their daughter was born 1971 and they divorced in 1976. He made a third marriage 12/28/1992 to U.S. psychoanalyst Alyce Faye Eichelberger in the Barbados.
Cleese won a lawsuit for libel of $48,000 on 7/30/1992 from The Sun tabloid which had printed an article in March about his sex drive. He donated the winning sum to the Fulbright Foundation.
Relationships
- business associate/partner relationship with Palin, Michael (born 5 May 1943)
- business associate/partner relationship with Chapman, Graham (born 8 January 1941)
- business associate/partner relationship with Jones, Terry (born 1 February 1942)
- business associate/partner relationship with Idle, Eric (born 29 March 1943)
- business associate/partner relationship with Gilliam, Terry (born 22 November 1940)
Events
- Crime : Law suit 30 July 1992 (Awarded $48,000 from libel suit)
- Relationship : Marriage 28 December 1992 (Third marriage, Alyce Eichelberger)
- Work : Start Business 1972 (Video Arts, business training videos)
- Relationship : Marriage 1968 (First marriage)
- Family : Change in family responsibilities 1971 (Daughter born)
- Relationship : Divorce dates 1976 (First marriage dissolved)
Source Notes
David Fisher quotes Eve Jackson in Transit 11/83, from Cleese's mom by phone.
Categories
- Vocation : Writers : Humor
- Notable : Awards : Emmy (1987)
- Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script
- Vocation : Entertainment : Actor/ Actress
- Vocation : Entertainment : Comedy
- Vocation : Entertain/Business : Director
- Lifestyle : Work : Work in team/ Tandem (Monty Python team)
- Notable : Extraordinary Talents : For Creativity (Inventive TV and business films)
- Traits : Personality : Humorous, Witty (Physical humor and wit)
- Traits : Body : Size (Height of 6' 5")
- Passions : Criminal Perpetrator : Lawsuit instigated (Sued scandal rag for libel, won)
- Family : Relationship : Number of Marriages (Three)
- Lifestyle : Financial : Gain - Winnings/ Lottery (Libel suit awarded, donated to charity)
- Vocation : Business : Business owner (Video production, training films)
- Family : Parenting : Kids 1-3 (One daughter)
- Traits : Mind : Exceptional mind
