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Ed Wynn began in vaudeville in 1903 and became known for his "Perfect Fool" comic persona, later pioneering one of the era's most popular radio shows and voicing characters in Disney's Alice in Wonderland and Mary Poppins. He later shifted into dramatic roles, earning Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for The Great Man and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for The Diary of Anne Frank, and won a Peabody and an Emmy for his 1949 variety show.