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Charles Nelson Reilly: Summary

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BIOGRAPHY

Recent Role:
Himself on Dinner for Five
Birthday:
1-13-1931
Birthplace:
The Bronx, New York, USA
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The infamously quirky Mr. Reilly is a veteran of stage, film, and television. He is probably best known for the 1970's game show "The Match Game."

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  • His mother, Signe Elvera Nelson, was a Swedish Lutheran.(edit)
  • His father, Charles Joseph Reilly, was an Irish Catholic commercial artist. (edit)
  • As a child, Charles would often put on a puppet show for himself as entertainment. His mom would then tell him to "save it for the stage," foreshadowing his futre as a performer. It could also be the idea behind the title of his one man show. (edit)
  • After escaping the Hartford Circus Fire, where over 100 people died, he never sat in an audience again through the rest of his life.(edit)
  • His father suffered a nervous breakdown when Charles was very young, and eventually needed to be institutionalized. As a result, Charles and his mother moved to Hartford, Connecticut, to live with Swedish relatives. (edit)
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