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- Robert Osborne
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- May 3, 1932
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- 94 years
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- Taurus
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- 🇺🇸 United States
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- Actor
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Biography
Robert Osborne is 94 years old, an actor, from United States.
Robert Jolin Osborne (; May 3, 1932 – March 6, 2017) was an American film historian, author, actor and the primary television host for the premium cable channel Turner Classic Movies (TCM) for over twenty years. Born in Colfax, Washington, Osborne graduated from the University of Washington's School of Journalism. In 1959, he signed a contract as an actor with Lucille Ball's production company Desilu.
There, he appeared in a television episode of Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse and the pilot episode of The Beverly Hillbillies. Ball encouraged Osborne to pursue a career in writing. Afterwards, he published his first book Academy Awards Illustrated in 1965.
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