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Harold Ramis Biography
Birth Name:
Harold Allen Ramis
Birth Place:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Profession
Actor, director, producer, screenwriter
Fast Facts
- Served as an editor of the "Party Jokes" page of Playboy magazine after graduating from college
- Worked with both the Canada and Chicago Second City comedy troupes early in his career
- First TV appearance came in 1976, on the debut season of Canadian sketch-comedy series Second City TV, for which he was also a writer
- Made his feature directing debut with the hit golf comedy Caddyshack (1980)
- Subsequent hits as a director include the comedies Groundhog Day (1993) and Analyze This (1999)
- Best known as an actor for the role of Dr
- Egon Spengler in the 1984 smash Ghostbusters, as well as its 1989 sequel
Awards
- 1994BAFTA Film Awards-Best Original Screenplay: winner
- 1979Writers Guild Awards-Original Comedy: nominated
Relationships
- Violet Isadora Ramis -- Daughter
- Anne Plotkin -- Ex-wife
- Nathan Ramis -- Father
- Ruth Ramis -- Mother
- Daniel Hayes Ramis -- Son
- Julian Arthur Ramis -- Son
- Erica Mann -- Wife