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Carl Reiner (born March 20, 1922Carl Reiner is a Jewish-American actor, film director, producer, writer and comedian. He is the father of actor and director Rob Reiner, and husband of Estelle Lebold Reiner, a minor comic actress best known as the lady who says "I'll have what she's having" at Katz's Delicatessen in after Meg Ryan's phony orgasm scene.

Born in the Bronx, New York, Reiner was educated at the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and served in the United States Army during World War II. He later performed in several Broadway musicals, including .

Reiner was frequently seen or heard playing the straight man to Mel Brooks' "2000 Year Old Man" character.

In 1961, Reiner created . In addition to usually writing the show, Reiner occasionally appeared as temperamental show host "Alan Brady", who ruthlessly browbeats his brother-in-law (played by the late Richard Deacon). The show ran from 1961 to 1966.

Reiner began his directing career on the Van Dyke show. His first feature was an adaptation of the play (1970), starring George Segal and Ruth Gordon.

Reiner played a large role in the early career of Steve Martin, by directing and cowriting four films for the comedian; in 1984. In 2000 Reiner was honored with the Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. In 2001, he played the character of Saul Bloom in Steven Soderbergh's