Talk:Wilson Mizner

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[edit] Date of Birth

The 1893 date given originally could not possibly be correct: he would have been 16 when his first broadway play was produced, and 12 when first married to 80 year old Ms. Yerkes (the article claimed he was 29 at the time of his marriage, which is consistent with the corrected date). ubiquity 03:48, 18 June 2006 (UTC)ubiquity

Yes, it's right now. (1893 was the year of his father's death). =- Nunh-huh 08:19, 18 June 2006 (UTC)

It's an old canard that Mary Yerkes was in her seventies or eighties when she wed Mizner. Actually she was around 47. She had married Yerkes in 1881. She was born around 1858.

Indeed. I've added a cautionary note so it doesn't get changed back. - Nunh-huh 04:00, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Quotations

If you change the text of one of the quotations, please provide a definitive citation. Mizner's quotations are popular, and not usually based on a work of literature, so it's easy for them to get corrupted. Also, it would be nice if the quotations we have here match the text of the ones in Wikiquote, even when unsourced. --ubiquity 22:44, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] He and his brother had the same name?

Wilson ("Bill") Mizner was born in Benicia, California, one of eight children including brothers William, Edgar, Murray, Wilson, Addison, Henry, and Lansing —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 80.120.61.1 (talk) 16:21, August 22, 2007 (UTC)