Queer Places:
9119 Thrasher Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90069
1429 Cabrillo Ave, Venice, CA 90291
Joel Grey (born Joel David Katz; April 11, 1932) is an American actor,
singer, dancer, and photographer. He is best known for portraying the Master
of Ceremonies in both the stage and film versions of the Kander &
Fred Ebb musical Cabaret. He has won an
Academy Award, Tony Award, and Golden Globe Award.
He also originated the role of George M. Cohan in the musical George M! in 1968, and the Wizard of Oz in the musical Wicked. He also starred as Moonface Martin in the Broadway revivals of Anything Goes and as Amos Hart in Chicago.
In 1958, Grey married Jo Wilder; they divorced in 1982. Together, they had two children: actress Jennifer (star of the film Dirty Dancing directed by Emile Ardolino) and chef James.[1][23]
He is a photographer; his first book of photographs, Pictures I Had to Take, was published in 2003; its follow-up, Looking Hard at Unexpected Things, was published in 2006.[24] His third book, 1.3 – Images from My Phone, a book of photographs taken with his camera phone, was published in 2009.[25] An exhibition of his work was held in April 2011 at the Museum of the City of New York, titled "Joel Grey/A New York Life."[26] His fourth book, The Billboard Papers: Photographs by Joel Grey, came out in 2013 and depicts the many-layered billboards of New York City.[27]
In January 2015, Grey discussed his sexuality in an interview with People, stating: "I don't like labels, but if you have to put a label on it, I'm a gay man."[28] Grey writes about his family, his acting career, and the challenges of being gay in his 2016 memoir, Master of Ceremonies.[29]
Both his houses in Los Angeles, Hollywood Hills and Venice, were designed by his friend, architect Franklin D. Israel (remodelled from older structures).
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