Brooks was born Melvin James Kaminsky on a tenement kitchen table on June 28, 1926, in Brownsville, Brooklyn, to Kate (née Brookman) … 展开

Marriages
Brooks met Florence Baum, a dancer in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, on Broadway. They were married from 1953 until their divorce in 1962. They had … 展开

• History of the world, Part I (Mel Brooks)
• The 2000 Year Old Man: The Collected Recorded Wisdom of the Venerable Sage in One Fully Illustrated … 展开

• Adler, Bill, and Jeffrey Feinman. Mel Brooks: The Irreverent Funnyman. Chicago: Playboy Press, 1976. OCLC 3121552. 展开

1949–1959: Early work and breakthrough
After the war, Brooks's mother had secured him a job as a clerk at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, … 展开

Brooks is one of the few people who have received an Oscar, an Emmy, a Tony, and a Grammy. He won his first Grammy for Best Spoken Comedy Album in 1999 for his recording of The … 展开

Comedy albums
• 2000 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (World Pacific Records, 1960)
• 2001 Years with Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks (Capitol Records, 1961)
• Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks at the Cannes Film Festival 展开