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Casting brokers: Dick Van Dyke’s diary is open!
The legendary actor joked that he’s nonetheless “in search of work” on Saturday, September 7, after profitable an Emmy award at 98. He received Excellent Selection Particular (Pre-Recorded) for Dick Van Dyke: 98 Years of Magic, which aired on CBS final December and paid tribute to his decadeslong profession.
“For laughter, I hope,” Van Dyke responded to a reporter who requested how he hopes he’ll be remembered backstage on the Artistic Arts Emmys in Los Angeles.
“For making individuals snigger for 75 years,” he continued, per footage shared by The Hollywood Reporter. “I’ve been within the enterprise for 75 years, I can’t imagine it that I’m nonetheless right here and performing! I’m in search of work if anybody’s .”
A star of each stage and display, Dick Van Dyke has endeared himself to generations of followers. Van Dyke — who has 4 Emmys, one Grammy and a Tony Award to his title — married Arlene Silver in 2012. Throughout a February 2023 interview with Yahoo! Music, the Mary Poppins star joked that “having a […]
Van Dyke was joined by his spouse Arlene Silver at Saturday’s Artistic Arts Emmys. Silver was seen standing by her man and holding his gold statue as he answered questions from the press.
The Mary Poppins star lately opened up about his 46-year age hole along with his spouse.
He and Silver met on the SAG Awards in 2006 and tied the knot in 2012. For Van Dyke, their age distinction didn’t matter. He recalled assembly Silver, 52, throughout a July interview with Leisure Tonight’s Kevin Frazier.
Arlene Silver and Dick Van Dyke Amy Sussman/Getty Photographs
“I by no means approached a wierd girl in my life,” he recalled. “And she or he walked by and I jumped and I stated, ‘Hello, I’m Dick.’ I had no thought she was half my age. Stunning.”
Silver was a make-up artist, and the actor used that as a purpose to get her enterprise card.
“She had one card left, which I took and employed her,” he stated.
What began as a friendship finally turned extra, and because the two bonded, Silver stated, their romance started to look extra pure.
“We have been pals for thus lengthy that after I informed folks that I do know, they have been comfortable about [our relationship], and I used to be scared,” Silver stated. “I imply, the info, our age distinction. However it’s so irrelevant. I feel if you see us collectively, it’s such as you don’t give it some thought.”
Van Dyke jumped in, including, “I used to be lucky that I didn’t develop up.”
Van Dyke’s appearing profession has spanned greater than 70 years as he turned generally known as a comic, singer and dancer. His different well-known roles embody Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, The Dick Van Dyke Present and Prognosis: Homicide.
