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James Caan: Neighborhood Playhouse
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The son of a kosher meat salesman, James Caan was born March 26, 1939, in the Bronx, N.Y., and was raised in Queens. A former lifeguard, he studied at the Neighborhood Playhouse and made a 1960 off-Broadway debut in "La Ronde."
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James Caan was born on March 26, 1940, in the Bronx. Deciding that the family meat-packing business wasn't for him, he chose to study at Sanford Meisner's Neighborhood Playhouse and then with acting coach Wynn Handman.
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Born 1939, March - Like so many other prominent actors of the 1970s, the versatile James Caan rose to success on the strength of his riveting performance in The Godfather. Born March 26, 1939, in the Bronx, NY, Caan decided to pursue a career in acting while attending college and in 1960 was accepted by Sanford Meisner into the Neighborhood Playhouse.
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