Kevin Delaney Kline (born October 24, 1947) is an
American theatre and film actor. He has won one
Academy Award, two
Tony Awards and was nominated for an
Emmy Award in 2009.
Early years
Kline was born in
St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Peggy and Robert Kline. Robert was a
classical music lover and an amateur opera singer who owned and operated The Record Bar, a record store in St. Louis that opened in the early 40s, and also sold toys during the 60s and 70s.
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Kline's father was an
agnostic of
Jewish descent, while Kline's
Irish-American mother, the daughter of an emigrant from
County Louth, was
Catholic.
His father's family also owned Kline's Inc., a department store chain. Kline has described his mother as the "dramatic theatrical character in our family."
