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{{Infobox actor

| name = Billy Crystal

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| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1948|3|14}}

| birthname = William Edward Crystal

| birthplace = New York City, New York, USA

| spouse = Janice Goldfinger (1970-present)

| emmyawards = Performance in Special Events
1989 The 31st Annual Grammy Awards

Writing in a Variety or Music Program
1990 Midnight Train to Moscow
1991 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards
1992 The 64th Annual Academy Awards

Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
1991 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards.

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}}

William Edward “Billy” CrystalOn page 17 of his book, 700 Sundays, Crystal displays his birth announcement, which states that his full name is "William Edward", not "William Jacob" {{cite book|last=Crystal|first=Billy|authorlink=|title=700 Sundays|publisher=|date=2005|location=|pages=17|month=October|url=|id=ISBN-100446578673}} (born March 14, 1948) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning American actor, writer, producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the box office successes When Harry Met Sally... and City Slickers.

Crystal was born in the Doctor's Hospital in Manhattan and grew up in Long Beach, New York, the son of Helen (née Gabler), a housewife, and Jack Crystal, a record company executive and producer of jazz records, who owned and operated the Commodore Record store.{{cite web | title = Billy Crystal Biography | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/61/Billy-Crystal.html | work=filmreference.com | accessdate=2008-01-16}}{{cite web | url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/arti0102_03.htm | title=Jack Crystal: A Man To Remember | first=Joe | last=Kane | accessdate=2008-01-16 | work=Allaboutjazz}} His uncle was musician and songwriter Milt Gabler, and his brother, Richard Crystal, is a television producer. Crystal grew up in a Jewish family that he has described as "large" and "loving".{{cite news | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/06/sunday/main1015865.shtml | date=2005-11-06 | title=Life Is Short, Laugh Hard | work=CBS News | first=Rita | last=Braver}} After graduation from Long Beach High School, Crystal attended Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, on a baseball scholarship, having learned the game from his father, who pitched for St. John's University. Crystal though never played a game at Marshall because the program was suspended during his freshman year and he didn't return as a sophomore, staying back in New York with his future wife. Later, he attended New York University and Nassau Community College.{{cite web | url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800015850/bio | title=Billy Crystal Biography | work=Yahoo! Movies | accessdate = 2008-01-16}}

{{Infobox actor

| name = Billy Crystal

| image = UploadAnImageShort.svg

| imagesize =

| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1948|3|14}}

| birthname = William Edward Crystal

| birthplace = New York City, New York, USA

| spouse = Janice Goldfinger (1970-present)

| emmyawards = Performance in Special Events
1989 The 31st Annual Grammy Awards

Writing in a Variety or Music Program
1990 Midnight Train to Moscow
1991 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards
1992 The 64th Annual Academy Awards

Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
1991 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards.

| goldenglobeawards =

}}

William Edward “Billy” CrystalOn page 17 of his book, 700 Sundays, Crystal displays his birth announcement, which states that his full name is "William Edward", not "William Jacob" {{cite book|last=Crystal|first=Billy|authorlink=|title=700 Sundays|publisher=|date=2005|location=|pages=17|month=October|url=|id=ISBN-100446578673}} (born March 14, 1948) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning American actor, writer, producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the box office successes When Harry Met Sally... and City Slickers.

Crystal was born in the Doctor's Hospital in Manhattan and grew up in Long Beach, New York, the son of Helen (née Gabler), a housewife, and Jack Crystal, a record company executive and producer of jazz records, who owned and operated the Commodore Record store.{{cite web | title = Billy Crystal Biography | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/61/Billy-Crystal.html | work=filmreference.com | accessdate=2008-01-16}}{{cite web | url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/arti0102_03.htm | title=Jack Crystal: A Man To Remember | first=Joe | last=Kane | accessdate=2008-01-16 | work=Allaboutjazz}} His uncle was musician and songwriter Milt Gabler, and his brother, Richard Crystal, is a television producer. Crystal grew up in a Jewish family that he has described as "large" and "loving".{{cite news | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/06/sunday/main1015865.shtml | date=2005-11-06 | title=Life Is Short, Laugh Hard | work=CBS News | first=Rita | last=Braver}} After graduation from Long Beach High School, Crystal attended Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, on a baseball scholarship, having learned the game from his father, who pitched for St. John's University. Crystal though never played a game at Marshall because the program was suspended during his freshman year and he didn't return as a sophomore, staying back in New York with his future wife. Later, he attended New York University and Nassau Community College.{{cite web | url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800015850/bio | title=Billy Crystal Biography | work=Yahoo! Movies | accessdate = 2008-01-16}}

{{Infobox actor

| name = Billy Crystal

| image = UploadAnImage.svg

| imagesize =

| birthdate = {{birth date and age|1948|3|14}}

| birthname = William Edward Crystal

| birthplace = New York City, New York, USA

| spouse = Janice Goldfinger (1970-present)

| emmyawards = Performance in Special Events
1989 The 31st Annual Grammy Awards

Writing in a Variety or Music Program
1990 Midnight Train to Moscow
1991 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards
1992 The 64th Annual Academy Awards

Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program
1991 The 63rd Annual Academy Awards
1998 The 70th Annual Academy Awards.

| goldenglobeawards =

}}

William Edward “Billy” CrystalOn page 17 of his book, 700 Sundays, Crystal displays his birth announcement, which states that his full name is "William Edward", not "William Jacob" {{cite book|last=Crystal|first=Billy|authorlink=|title=700 Sundays|publisher=|date=2005|location=|pages=17|month=October|url=|id=ISBN-100446578673}} (born March 14, 1948) is a Golden Globe Award-nominated and Emmy Award-winning American actor, writer, producer, comedian, and film director. He gained prominence in the 1970s for playing Jodie Dallas on the ABC sitcom Soap and became a Hollywood film star during the late 1980s and 1990s, appearing in the box office successes When Harry Met Sally... and City Slickers.

Crystal was born in the Doctor's Hospital in Manhattan and grew up in Long Beach, New York, the son of Helen (née Gabler), a housewife, and Jack Crystal, a record company executive and producer of jazz records, who owned and operated the Commodore Record store.{{cite web | title = Billy Crystal Biography | url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/61/Billy-Crystal.html | work=filmreference.com | accessdate=2008-01-16}}{{cite web | url=http://www.allaboutjazz.com/articles/arti0102_03.htm | title=Jack Crystal: A Man To Remember | first=Joe | last=Kane | accessdate=2008-01-16 | work=Allaboutjazz}} His uncle was musician and songwriter Milt Gabler, and his brother, Richard Crystal, is a television producer. Crystal grew up in a Jewish family that he has described as "large" and "loving".{{cite news | url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/11/06/sunday/main1015865.shtml | date=2005-11-06 | title=Life Is Short, Laugh Hard | work=CBS News | first=Rita | last=Braver}} After graduation from Long Beach High School, Crystal attended Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, on a baseball scholarship, having learned the game from his father, who pitched for St. John's University. Crystal though never played a game at Marshall because the program was suspended during his freshman year and he didn't return as a sophomore, staying back in New York with his future wife. Later, he attended New York University and Nassau Community College.{{cite web | url=http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800015850/bio | title=Billy Crystal Biography | work=Yahoo! Movies | accessdate = 2008-01-16}}