Born in Manhattan on March 14, 1948, Billy Crystal is an actor, producer, director, writer, and comedian. He first came to broad public recognition playing a gay ventriloquist in the sitcom Soap, which ran from 1978 to 1981. He went on to appear in The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, and City Slickers and has hosted the Academy Awards repeatedly and won a Tony Award for a play he wrote himself and was a co-host of Comic Relief. He went to college in Huntington, West Virginia. on a baseball scholarship and in 2008, he signed a major league baseball contract for one day in order to play with the Yankees.
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Offers musings Billy Crystal has had, including how his uncle got him to enter show business and various random thoughts.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4601031
Harper Collins Publishers: Billy Crystal
This is the profile and other information on Billy’s publishers’ site. Also found here is information about his book, “I Already Know I Love You.”
http://www.harpercollins.com/authors/27369/Billy_Crystal/index.aspx
Look to the Stars: Billy Crystal
Shares information about Billy Crystal’s charity work, causes, and events, including Alzheimer’s Association and Comic Relief.
http://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/billy-crystal
