Tragic Details About Jackie Gleason

Jackie Gleason is remembered as one of the most iconic stars of the 20th century, but underneath his jocular, smiling public demeanor, he dealt with considerable inner turmoil. These are the tragic details about Jackie Gleason.

Jackie Gleason was born on February 26, 1916, to parents Herbert Walter Gleason and Mae "Maisie" Kelly, who hailed from County Cork in Ireland. Curiously enough, while Gleason was born Herbert John Gleason, he was baptized as John Herbert Gleason. The nickname "Jackie" was given to him by his mother, and it stuck. Gleason grew up in Bushwick, Brooklyn, which was a very impoverished area at the time.

According to Gleason's website, young Jackie knew that he wanted to be an actor from the age of six when his father used to take him to see matinee silent films and vaudeville performances. Unfortunately, the theater visits would be the only good memory that Gleason would have of his father. Herbert Gleason would walk out on his family when Jackie was only nine years old. Jackie Gleason never saw his father again.

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Family died young | 1:00
Got his start in nightclubs | 1:52
A real pool hustler | 2:49
Married three times | 3:39
Alcoholism | 4:48
Volatile on set | 5:42
Jealous of Art Carney | 7:03
Almost killed The Flintstones | 8:08
One last film | 9:15
Died too early | 10:18

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