John (Marwood) Cleese

 

Born October 27, 1939
Weston-Super-Mare, England

Actor, Writer, Producer  

 

Significant Other(s):

*Wife: Connie Booth, actress, therapist, screenwriter; co-wrote Fawlty Towers with Cleese; married February 20, 1968; divorced 1978

*Wife: Barbara Trentham, director; married February 15, 1981; divorced 1990

*Wife: Alyce Faye Eichelberger, therapist; married 1992

 

Family:

Father: Reginald Cleese, insurance salesman
Mother: Muriel Cleese (née Cross), acrobat
Daughter: Cynthia, actress; born 1971; mother, Connie Booth; married to screenwriter Ed Solomon
Daughter: Camilla; born 1983; mother, Barbara Trentham

 

Education:

Clifton College, Bristol, England; concentrated on mathematics, physics, and chemistry
University of Cambridge, England (M.A., 1963)

 

::John's memorable bits on Python::

 

The Dead Parrot Sketch

 

The Ministry of Silly Walks