As per our current Database, Mel Brooks is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Mel Brooks is 97 years, 9 months and 21 days old. Mel Brooks will celebrate 98rd birthday on a Friday 28th of June 2024. Below we countdown to Mel Brooks upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Mel Brooks |
| Occupation | Director |
| Age | 97 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Cancer |
| Born | June 28, 1926 (New York City, NY) |
| Birthday | June 28 |
| Town/City | New York City, NY |
| Nationality | NY |
Mel Brooks’s zodiac sign is Cancer. According to astrologers, the sign of Cancer belongs to the element of Water, just like Scorpio and Pisces. Guided by emotion and their heart, they could have a hard time blending into the world around them. Being ruled by the Moon, phases of the lunar cycle deepen their internal mysteries and create fleeting emotional patterns that are beyond their control. As children, they don't have enough coping and defensive mechanisms for the outer world, and have to be approached with care and understanding, for that is what they give in return.
Mel Brooks was born in the Year of the Tiger. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Tiger are authoritative, self-possessed, have strong leadership qualities, are charming, ambitious, courageous, warm-hearted, highly seductive, moody, intense, and they’re ready to pounce at any time. Compatible with Horse or Dog.
Director of the classic satirical comedies Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, Spaceballs, High Anxiety, The Producers and Robin Hood: Men in Tights. He belongs to an exclusive club of entertainers as the recipient of an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony.
As a teenager, he was taught the drums by the great Buddy Rich. In 1961, his comedy career took a big leap forward when he and fellow comic legend Carl Reiner created a comedy Sketch called The 2000 Year Old Man.
In 2000, the American Film Institute released a list of the top 100 comedy films of all-time and Brooks had three films in the top 20: Blazing Saddles (#6), The Producers (#11) and Young Frankenstein (#13).
He first married Florence Baum in 1951, then married Actress Anne Bancroft on August 5, 1964, after meeting at a rehearsal for The Perry Como Variety Show. He has three sons named Max, Nicky and Eddie and a daughter named Stephanie.
He and actor Gene Wilder were frequent collaborators as Wilder starred in two of Brooks' most celebrated films: Blazing Saddles and Young Frankenstein.
