Alan Rosenberg
Born	October 4, 1950 (1950-10-04) (age 56) Passaic, New Jersey, USA
Notable roles	Ira Woodbine in the sitcom Cybill

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Biography

Rosenberg was born and raised in Passaic, New Jersey^[1]. Alan's late brother, Mark, was a political activist in the 1960's, later a film producer; while his first cousin is musician Donald Fagen Passaic is a city in Passaic County, New Jersey, United States. ... Mark Rosenberg (1948 - 1992)was a U.S. movie producer. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... Donald Jay Fagen (born January 10, 1948 in Passaic, New Jersey) is an American musician and songwriter, best known as co-writer, co-founder, singer, and pianist with the jazz-rock band Steely Dan. ...

Alan's German Jewish parents gave him enough money to apply to graduate school, but while studying at Case Western Reserve University he found another passion and became New York state's backgammon champion in 1982^[2]. On graduating in 1972, he had gambled most of his parents money away, and could only afford one application to Yale School of Drama. Rosenberg dropped out halfway through his second year, after his heart was broken by classmate Meryl Streep. German Jews have lived in Germany for over 1700 years, through both periods of tolerance and spasms of anti-Semitic violence, culminating in the Holocaust and the destruction of the Jewish community in Germany and much of Europe. ... Case Western Reserve University is a private research university located in Cleveland, Ohio, United States, with some residence halls on the south end of campus located in Cleveland Heights. ... NY redirects here. ... Backgammon is a board game for two players in which pieces are moved according to the roll of dice. ... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yale School of Drama traces its roots to the Yale Dramatic Association, the second oldest college theatre association in the country, founded in 1900. ... Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is a two-time Academy Award-winning, six-time Golden Globe-winning, two-time SAG-winning, Grammy Award-nominated and BAFTA Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. ...

Career

Rosenberg is perhaps best known for his character Eli Levinson which appeared in both the series Civil Wars and the popular L.A. Law. He is also well known for his character Ira Woodbine in the sitcom, Cybill. More recently he was seen in the legal drama The Guardian as "Alvin Masterson". Civil Wars was a legal drama that aired on ABC from November 1991 to March 1993. ... L.A. Law (1986 - 1994) was one of the most popular American television shows of the late 1980s and early 1990s. ... Cybill was an American sitcom which aired on CBS from 1995 to 1998, starring actress Cybill Shepherd in the lead role. ... The Guardian was a CBS television drama series, which aired from September 25, 2001 to May 4, 2004. ...

In 1995, he received an Emmy Award nomination for a guest-starring role in the hit drama ER. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... An Emmy Award. ... This section has been identified as trivia. ...

He was elected the 24th president of Screen Actors Guild (SAG) on September 23 2005. Rosenberg succeeds Melissa Gilbert, who served as president since 2001 and chose not to run for a third two-year term. Rosenberg received 39.99 percent (10,748 total votes) of the nationwide vote of the Guild’s general membership, defeating Morgan Fairchild and Robert Conrad. Fairchild received 34.72 percent (9,332 total votes) and Conrad received 25.29% percent (6,797 total votes). Rosenberg formally assumed the office of Guild president on September 25, and will serve a two-year term. The Screen Actors Guild (S.A.G.) is the labor union representing over 120,000 film actors in the United States. ... Melissa Gilbert Melissa Ellen Gilbert (born on May 8, 1964) is an American actress. ... Morgan Fairchild (born February 3, 1950) is an American actress. ... Robert Conrad Robert Conrad (born either Conrad Robert Falk or Konrad Robert Falkowski on March 1 in Chicago, although the year is still subject to question), is an American film and TV actor and director. ...

In 2005 he appeared as shady defense attorney "Adam Novak" in an episode of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation co-starring alongside his real life wife Marg Helgenberger. Novak was portrayed as a womanizer who encountered Catherine (Helgenberger) in a bar and later became the prime suspect in two homicides. His character appeared once again in the 2007 episode Leaving Las Vegas as a lawyer defending a client who turned out to be guilty of two separate crimes, and yet the evidence failed to pin him down, resulting to a not guilty verdict which annoyed Catherine so much that she began to undergo further investigation. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation is a popular Alliance Atlantis/CBS police procedural television series, running since October 2000, about a team of forensic scientists. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

In 2007 he started hosting a Public Television program, "Life: Part 2", produced in St. Paul, Minnesota. He moderates panel discussions about issues that baby boomers face as they age.

Personal life

Originally married to actress Robin Bartlett, Rosenberg met Marg Helgenberger in New York while guest-starring on her soap "Ryan's Hope." The two conversed for hours between shots on the motel-room set. Robin Bartlett (born April 22, 1951, in New York City) is an American actress. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... NY redirects here. ... Ryans Hope was a soap opera which aired for fourteen years on ABC, from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989. ...

Four years later, the newly divorced Rosenberg walked into a West Hollywood bank and spotted Helgenberger in line - they exchanged telephone numbers. Within two months the actors were living together, and eloped in 1989 to avoid upsetting a Jewish relative. Their son, Hugh, was born the following year. West Hollywoods logo illustrates the citys borders. ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ...

References

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