Leonard Joel "Lenny" Baker (January , â€" April , ) was an American
actor of stage, film, and television, best known for his
Golden-Globe-nominated performance in the Paul Mazursky film Next
Stop, Greenwich Village and his Tony Award-winning performance in the
stage play I Love My Wife.Baker was born in Brookline, Massachusetts,
the middle child of William, who owned his own plumbing business, and
Bertha (née August) Baker. He had two brothers, Alan and Malcolm, and
described his upbringing as "middle-middle class."As the middle child,
he referred to himself as "the pickle in the middle" and dreamed of
being in musicals. He began acting in kindergarten, where he was cast
as an elephant in school, and from fourth grade on, he was
"constantly" on stage, eventually becoming the vice president of
Brookline High School's dramatic society.While his brothers followed
his father into plumbing, Baker stuck to acting. After graduating from
high school, in , he went to Boston University, where he majored in
acting. He graduated in . Throughout college, he appeared in the Spa
Music Theatre in Saratoga Springs, New York, with Boston University's
Theatre Division, and with the Harvard Summer Players at the Loeb
Drama Center.
actor of stage, film, and television, best known for his
Golden-Globe-nominated performance in the Paul Mazursky film Next
Stop, Greenwich Village and his Tony Award-winning performance in the
stage play I Love My Wife.Baker was born in Brookline, Massachusetts,
the middle child of William, who owned his own plumbing business, and
Bertha (née August) Baker. He had two brothers, Alan and Malcolm, and
described his upbringing as "middle-middle class."As the middle child,
he referred to himself as "the pickle in the middle" and dreamed of
being in musicals. He began acting in kindergarten, where he was cast
as an elephant in school, and from fourth grade on, he was
"constantly" on stage, eventually becoming the vice president of
Brookline High School's dramatic society.While his brothers followed
his father into plumbing, Baker stuck to acting. After graduating from
high school, in , he went to Boston University, where he majored in
acting. He graduated in . Throughout college, he appeared in the Spa
Music Theatre in Saratoga Springs, New York, with Boston University's
Theatre Division, and with the Harvard Summer Players at the Loeb
Drama Center.
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