Henry Winkler is a prominent name in the field of entertainment. Multi-talented personality Henry is an American actor, comedian, director, and producer who first rose to fame through his performance as Arthur Herbert Fonzarelli in the television series Happy Days.
Let’s know more about award-winning 75 years old actor Henry Winkler.
Henry Winkler Married Life: Wife And Children
Henry Winkler is lucky in terms of love. He has been married for over 4 decades with his beautiful wife Stacey Weitzman.
It was a first sight love of Henry when he met Stacey in the year 1976 while he was starring as Fonz on the Happy Days. Henry still recalls the day when he first met his lady love at an LA clothing store in vivid details. Stacey was wearing purple parachute pants and had red hair at that time.
According to the interview of Henry with People Magazine. Henry approached Stacey to go for a soda and to make a quick stop to buy a wedding gift. Stacey denied it at first saying that she is not a gift service but then she changed her mind and the duo went across the streets and had ginger ales.
Within weeks of their cozy date, Stacey moved in with Henry along with her four-year-old son Jed Weitzman. The pair tied the knot in the year 1978 and welcomed two children together. They have a daughter named Zoe Emily Winkler who was born in the year 1980. She was soon later joined by her brother Max Winkler. Max was born on 18 August 1983.
All of their children are very talented. Their daughter Zoe graduated from Loyola Marymount University and is a nursery school teacher. Along with that Zoe is also a dedicated activist and a founder of a social campaign named “This Is About Humanity" which is aimed at raising awareness about children separated from their parents at the border. Her campaign organizes fundraisers and also provides a voice to the affected families. Zoe got married to producer and writer Rob Reinis in the year 2009.
Their son Max followed the footstep of his father and is involved in the entertainment industry as an American screenwriter, director, and producer.
During an interview with Life Of Dad Henry revealed that it was a challenge to raise the children by keeping them out of the public eye and make sure that their home life was as normal and consistent as possible. Moreover, the other challenge for Henry and Stacey as parents were to make sure that their children were not spoilt.
Despite having a hectic schedule Henry has managed it all from his professional life to his family life as a great husband, father, and grandparent.
Henry Winkler’s Career And Net Worth
Henry had a passion for acting at a very early age which he later pursued at Boston’s Emerson College and after at the Yale School Of Drama.
Although Henry had already shot the movie, The Lords Of Flatbush yet he was relatively unknown. He is best known for his role as Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli in the television series Happy Days.
In his career span of over 49 years, Henry has appeared in various movies and tv shows for which he has even bagged awards which include 2 Golden Globe Awards, 2 Daytime Emmy Awards, 1 Primetime Emmy Award, 1 Critic’s Choice Television Award.
With all the credits as an actor, comedian, director, producer and author Henry Winkler relish the net worth of about $ 40 million.
His 2020 movies and tv shows include Pink Skies Ahead, Medical Police, Bubble Guppies. Moreover, his upcoming movies of 2021 include On the Count OF Three, The French Dispatch.
Early Life And Family Of Henry Winkler
Henry was born on 30 October 1945 on West Side, Manhattan, New York to parents Harry Irving Winker and Ilse Anna Marie. His mother was a homemaker while his father was a lumber import-exporter who emigrated from Berlin to the U.S. in the year 1939 on the eve of World War II. Henry was raised by German Jewish parents with traditions of Conservative Judaism.
As a kid, Henry was considered to be slow, stupid, and was very anxious because of his undiagnosed dyslexia.
Henry attended McBurney School and later gained a BA degree from Emerson College. He gained a degree Master Of Fine Arts from Yale School Of Drama and even earned the degree of Doctor Of Humane Letters from Austin College.
Talking about his height, Henry is about 5 feet and 6 inches tall which is around 1.68 m.
Furthermore, Fellow actor of Happy days, Warren Berlinger died at the age of 83 in December of 2020.
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