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Portrait of Mel Brooks.
Mel Brooks photo by Angela George at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/; Image e-mailed to uploader by author; CC BY-SA 3.0. License
deathwatchHollywood / Film / TV

Mel Brooks

Writer, director, producer and performer who made parody a vehicle for confronting fear, authority and prejudice through laughter.

Verified record

Life, work & what’s documented

Mel Brooks was born 1926-06-28 and is a Director, writer, actor and comedian. Writer, director, producer and performer who made parody a vehicle for confronting fear, authority and prejudice through laughter. Established director, writer, actor and comedian included in the existing 80+ research roster.

Give them their flowers

Why They’re Fucking Awesome

Established director, writer, actor and comedian included in the existing 80+ research roster.

Essential works: The Producers · Blazing Saddles · Young Frankenstein

Good Deed Watch

Positive impact

No discrete Good Deed Watch claim is asserted in this pass. His positive-development lane is the continuing preservation and performance of his comedy work.

Mixed legacy

Evidence and disposition

Celebrate documented work and impact. Do not imply the scoped search proves an absence of controversy or harm.

Statistics / evidence

Context is not destiny

Age 100 at 2026-08-26 snapshot. Age alone is not a health claim.

Documented health context: No current health claim approved in this pass.

Historical illness and age are context, not proof of a current crisis or a factual mortality forecast.

Astrology / interpretation

The cosmic file

SunCancer
MoonUnlisted
Reliable AscendantUncertain or not verified

Only the calendar-date Cancer Sun is used. No Ascendant or houses are presented without a reliable birth time.

Birth-data confidence: researched date only; Rodden X; date_without_time; Do not present houses or ascendant as established fact. / Rodden X. Astrology is interpretive and is never medical prediction. A rising-sign link requires reviewed AA, A or B-rated birth-time evidence without an uncertainty qualifier.

Receipts

Sources & provenance

  1. Wikidata item Q104266Wikidata / 2026-08-26 / identity / confidence: mediumSource ID mel-brooks:discovery_index:1. Verification: identity_discovery_only. Claims: identity.
  2. Encyclopaedia Britannica candidateEncyclopaedia Britannica / 2026-08-26 / identity / confidence: highSource ID mel-brooks:reference_candidate:3. Verification: selected_for_editorial_use. Claims: identity, vital dates, career summary.
  3. My Oscar: Mel BrooksAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences / 2026-08-26 / biography / confidence: primarySource ID mel-brooks:institutional-career:1. Verification: content_reviewed. Claims: good deed or positive legacy, legacy treatment.
  4. Astro-Databank: Mel BrooksAstrodienst Astro-Databank / 2026-08-26 / birth_record / confidence: mediumSource ID mel-brooks:astrology:1. Verification: content_reviewed. Claims: birth time, birth place, Rodden rating, chart factors.
  5. Mel Brooks announces Spaceballs sequel titleAssociated Press / 2026-04-16 / activity / confidence: highContemporary reporting on Brooks's announcement video.
  6. Spaceballs sequel promoted at Comic-ConAssociated Press / 2026-07-25 / activity / confidence: highContemporary reporting on the film's Comic-Con promotion.

Batch adw-publication-batch-2026-08-26-01. Research package completeness 96/100. Claims are linked to the source IDs retained in source notes.

Research last updated 2026-08-26.

Image rights

Portrait provenance

Mel Brooks photo by Angela George at https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharongraphics/; Image e-mailed to uploader by author; CC BY-SA 3.0.

Exact source file · CC BY-SA 3.0 3.0 · Retrieved 2026-08-27.

Editorial identification only. No endorsement is implied.