Alan Alda

Alan Alda (born January 28, 1936 as Alphonso Joseph D'Abruzzo) is an American actor, writer, director and sometime political activist.

Family and early life

Alda was born in New York City. His Italian-American father, Robert Alda (born Alphonso Giuseppe Giovanni Roberto D'Abruzzo), was a successful actor, and his mother Joan Brown was crowned "Miss New York" in a beauty pagent. The adopted surname "Alda" is a contraction of "ALphonso" and "D'Abruzzo".

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New York City - Italian-American - Robert Alda - Joan Brown - Beauty pagent

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Alan Alda contracted polio when he was seven years old, which kept him bedridden for two years as he received treatments.

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He received his bachelor's degree from Fordham University in 1956. During his junior year, he studied in Europe where he acted in a play in Rome and performed with his father on television in Amsterdam. After graduation, he joined the Army Reserve and served a six-month tour of duty as a gunnery officer in Korea. A year after graduation, he married Arlene Weiss, with whom he would have three daughters: Eve, Elizabeth and Beatrice.

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Bachelor's degree - Fordham University - 1956 - Europe - Rome - Amsterdam - Army Reserve - Korea

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