To support himself and his family, he delivered groceries and sold newspapers and ice cream at the beach.

There Dangerfield attended Richmond Hill High School, where he graduated in 1939. ДЄfter Cohen's father abandoned the family, his mother moved Dangerfield and his sister to Kew Gardens, Queens. The man would pay Rodney a nickel and kiss him for five minutes. In an interview with Howard Stern on May 25, 2004, Dangerfield told Stern that he had been molested by a man in his neighborhood. Throughout his childhood she never kissed, hugged or showed him any sign of affection. Дangerfield's mother was cruel and cold to him his entire life. Late in life, Cohen begged for, and received, his son's forgiveness. Phillip Cohen was rarely home his son normally saw him only twice a year. His mother was born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was the son of Jewish parents Dorothy 'Dotty' Teitelbaum and the vaudevillian performer Phillip Cohen, whose stage name was Phil Roy. Rodney Dangerfield was born Jacob Rodney Cohen in Deer Park, New York, on November 22, 1921. Health troubles curtailed his output through the early 2000s before his death in 2004, following a month in a coma due to complications from heart valve surgery. Additional film work kept him busy through the rest of his life, mostly in comedies, but with a rare dramatic role in 1994's Natural Born Killers as an abusive father. He appeared in a few bit parts in films, such as The Projectionist, throughout the 1970s, but his breakout film role came in 1980 as a boorish nouveau riche golfer in the ensemble comedy Caddyshack, which was followed by two additional successful films in which he starred: 1983's Easy Money and 1986's Back to School. He tried 'I get no respect,' and got a much better response from the audience it became a permanent feature of his act and comedic persona. ' beginning ('I was so poor,' 'He was so ugly,' 'She was so stupid,' etc.). 'I played hide and seek they wouldn't even look for me.' He thought the joke would be stronger if it used the format: 'I was so. His catchphrase 'I don't get no respect!' came from an attempt to improve one of his stand-up jokes. His act grew in popularity as he became a mainstay on late-night talk shows throughout the 1960s and 1970s, eventually developing into a headlining act on the Las Vegas casino circuit. He began his career working as a stand-up comic at the Fantasy Lounge in New York City. He was known for his self-deprecating one-liner humor, his catchphrase 'I don't get no respect!' and his monologues on that theme. Rodney Dangerfield (born Jacob Rodney Cohen NovemвЂ“ October 5, 2004) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, screenwriter, musician and author.

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