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- In the early 1970s, Pryor scored several successes as an actor and comedian. He earned positive reviews for his supporting role in the Billie Holiday biopic Lady Sings the Blues (1972), starring Diana Ross. In 1973, he netted his first Emmy Award nomination (outstanding writing achievement in comedy, variety) for his work on The Lily Tomlin Show.
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Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He reached a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most important stand-up comedians of all time.
Apr 3, 2014 · In 1983, Pryor became one of the highest-paid African American actors at the time. He took home $4 million to play an evil henchman in Superman III — reportedly earning more than the film's...
Born December 1, 1940, Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor III became one of the most influential comedians in the history of comedy. Few comics today will talk about their own careers without mentioning the inspiration they received from Pryor.
Sep 9, 2024 · Richard Pryor was an American comedian and actor who became one of the leading comics of the 1970s and ’80s. His comedy routines drew on a variety of downtrodden Black characters, rendered with emotional honesty.
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Jun 29, 2022 · Richard Pryor was liberated. He was ready to rage against the machine. His political and social transformation changed his comedy—and comedy itself—forever.
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Richard Pryor. Actor: Superman III. Highly influential, and always controversial, African-American actor/comedian who was equally well known for his colorful language during his live comedy shows, as for his fast paced life, multiple marriages and battles with drug addiction.
In the 1970s and 1980s Richard Pryor was one of America ’ s top comedians, an actor, writer, and stand-up artist whose irreverent albums sold in the millions. Pryor mined both personal and social tragedy for his comic material and peppered his appearances with outrageous language and adult humor.
