Bennett Cerf AKA Bennett Alfred Cerf Born: 25-May-1898 Birthplace: Manhattan, NY Died: 27-Aug-1971 Location of death: Mount Kisco, NY Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Cremated (ashes scattered in Mount Kisco, NY)
Gender: Male Religion: Jewish Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Publisher Nationality: United States Executive summary: Founder of Random House Frequent panelist on What's My Line?, 1952-68.
Father: Gustave Bennett Mother: Fredericka Wise Wife: Sylvia Sidney (actress, m. 1935, div. 1936) Wife: Phyllis Fraser (m. 1940, until his death, two sons) Son: Christopher B. Cerf (writer for Sesame Street) Son: Jonathan F. Cerf (author, 1980 world Othello champion)
University: AB, Columbia University (1919) University: Litt B, Columbia University (1920)
Random House President (1927-65)
Member of the Board of Random House (as Chairman, 1965-70)
Dutch Treat Club (1940-71) Phi Beta Kappa Society Hollywood Walk of Fame 6407 Hollywood Blvd (television) Parodied As A Muppet Bennett Snerf Risk Factors: Smoking
TELEVISION What's My Line? Panelist (1952-68)
Appears on the cover of:
Time, 16-Dec-1966, DETAILS: Bennett Cerf: Books by the Billion
Author of books:
Try and Stop Me (1944) Laughing Stock (1945) Anything for a Laugh (1946) Laughter Incorporated (1952) Good for a Laugh (1952) The Life of the Party (1956) Reading for Pleasure (1957) Bennett Cerf's Book of Riddles (1960) At Random, The Reminiscences of Bennett Cerf (12-Aug-1977, posthumous autobiography, edited by Christopher Cerf)
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