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Author, businessman. Robert Chase Townsend (July 30, 1920 – January 12, 1998) was an American business executive and author who is noted for transforming Avis into a rental car giant, and writing Up the Organization on business management, which spent 28 weeks on The New York Times Best Seller list upon its publication in 1970. [1]
Apr 7, 2019 · Robert Townsend attends the 50th NAACP Image Awards at Dolby Theatre on March 30, 2019 in Hollywood, California. Paras Griffin / Getty Images for NAACP. Print; April 7, 2019, 3:09 PM UTC.
Jan 31, 2024 · As American Fiction continues to gain awards steam, to the tune of five Academy Award nominations, GQ put Robert Townsend and his “cinematic son,” as he refers to Cord, together to compare and ...
Feb 27, 2023 · Townsend populated it with his fellow actors and comedians of color, including Wayans’s brother Damon and late, great comics Paul Mooney and John Witherspoon. Jimmy Woodard (left) and Robert Townsend spoof Siskel & Ebert in Townsend's "Hollywood Shuffle" (1987).
Jul 7, 2021 · She became nationally known as the matriarch Jerri Peterson opposite Robert Townsend (one of the show’s creators) on the WB sitcom “The Parent ’Hood,” which explored the challenges of ...
Wife. Real estate agent. Married on September 15, 1990; she filed for divorce on August 7, 2001. Robert Townsend is known as a multi-talented figure who graduated from stand-up comedy to film, making his screen acting debut in Paul Mazursky's "Willie and Phil" (1980) and contributing a fine dramatic performance in "A Soldier's Story" (1984).
Feb 27, 2023 · Robert Townsend: It was a lot of fun, because we made a game out of it. I came out of the theater, acting exercises and improv, so when I started to do Hollywood Shuffle, I took all of that ...
