Ed Asner is a television legend, the winner of seven acting Emmy Awards (which puts ties him with Mary Tyler Moore, both of whom rank second to their "
Mary Tyler Moore Show" co-star, Cloris Leachman who has nine). In all, he has been nominated 20 times for an Emmy Award, with 17 nods for a Primetime Emmy and three for a Daytime award...See full bio »
1978The 30th Annual Emmy Awards
(TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Lead Actor in a Drama Series & Presenter: Best Directing in a Special Program - Drama or Comedy
1977The 29th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
(TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Single Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy or Drama Series and Nominee: Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
1976The 28th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards
(TV special)
Himself - Winner: Best Lead Actor for a Single Appearance in a Drama or Comedy Series and Nominee: Best Continuing Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
To my knowledge, there is no blacklist. But there is a mindset, even among liberal producers, that says 'He may be difficult so let's avoid him.'
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He had a son, Charles, in 1987 with Carol Jean Vogelman.
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,4,136,14,196,arialbd,7,255,255,255,1_.jpg "Stephen King's Dead Zone: Season 4: Episode 10 -- When Sarah's (Nicole deBoer) father, Marty (Ed Asner), moves into a local retirement home, Johnny (Anthony Michael Hall) begins having morbid visions about the fate of its residents and is driven to investigate.")
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