Harold Ramis

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Harold Ramis (2009)

Harold Allen Ramis (born November 21, 1944 in Chicago , Illinois , † February 24, 2014 there ) was an American actor , film director and screenwriter .

Life

After graduating from Washington University in St. Louis , Missouri , the son of a Jewish merchant family worked for some time as a nurse in a mental hospital and later as a party joke editor for Playboy magazine . At times he was a member of the theater group The Second City .

Ramis was best known as an actor for his role “Dr. Egon Spengler ”in the films Ghostbusters - Die Geisterjäger and Ghostbusters II , for which he mostly wrote the scripts alongside Dan Aykroyd .

Ramis had been married to his former assistant, actress Erica Mann, since 1989 and had three children, including a daughter from his previous marriage to Anne Plotkin, with whom he was married from 1967 to 1984. Until recently he lived in Chicago. Since May 2010 Ramis suffered from an autoimmune disease from the group of vasculitides . He died on February 24, 2014 as a result of his rare illness with his family.

“Michelle and I were saddened to hear of the passing of Harold Ramis, one of America's greatest satirists, and like so many other comedic geniuses, a proud product of Chicago's Second City. When we watched his movies - from 'Animal House' and 'Caddyshack' to 'Ghostbusters' and 'Groundhog Day' - we didn't just laugh until it hurt. We questioned authority. We identified with the outsider. We rooted for the underdog. And through it all, we never lost our faith in happy endings. "

“Michelle and I were saddened to learn of the death of Harold Ramis, one of America's greatest satirists and, like so many other comedy geniuses, a proud product of Chicago's Second City. When we watched his films - from 'I think a horse kicks me' to 'Caddyshack', 'Ghostbusters' and 'Groundhog Day' - we didn't just laugh until it hurt. We questioned authorities. We have identified with outsiders. We cheered the underdog. And through all of them we have never lost our belief in a happy ending. "

- US President Barack Obama , February 2014

Filmography (selection)

actor

Screenwriter

Screenwriter and director

Director

Web links

Commons : Harold Ramis  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ "Ghostbusters" star: Director Harold Ramis is dead , Spiegel online from February 24, 2014, accessed February 26, 2014
  2. ↑ Mark Caro: Harold Ramis, Chicago actor, writer and director, dead at 69th Chicago Tribune , February 24, 2014, accessed February 24, 2014 .
  3. ↑ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-obama-pays-tribute-to-harold-ramis/
personal data
SURNAME Ramis, Harold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ramis, Harold Allen (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American actor, film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH November 21, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Chicago , Illinois
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2014
Place of death Chicago , Illinois