Nipsey Russell

Highest Rated: 47% The Wiz (1978)

Lowest Rated: 0% Car 54, Where Are You? (1994)

Birthday: Sep 15, 1918

Birthplace: Atlanta, Georgia, USA

A stand-up comedian who became a national television personality through his frequent appearances on variety, talk and game shows, Nipsey Russell delighted audiences with his funny but topical four-line poems and was dubbed "the poet laureate of television."

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