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My Take
What moves me most about Louie Anderson is the late-career swerve. A stand-up from Saint Paul who built his name on self-deprecating warmth, he then played a mother on Baskets and won an Emmy for it in 2016 - a genuinely fearless choice that paid off emotionally rather than as a gimmick. His cartoon Life with Louie and his book of letters to his mother reveal the same throughline: comedy as a love language aimed at family. He died in 2022, but I keep returning to the idea that his real subject was always tenderness, smuggled in under the laughs. That sincerity is rarer than the jokes.
Overview
Louis Perry Anderson (March 24, 1953 – January 21, 2022) was an American stand-up comedian, actor, author and game show host. He created the cartoon series Life with Louie and the television sitcom The Louie Show, and wrote four books, including Hey Mom: Stories for My Mother, But You Can Read Them Too, which was published in 2018.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Louie Anderson
- Name (Japanese)
- ルイ・アンダーソン
- Reading
- るい・あんだーそん
- Born
- March 24, 1953 – January 21, 2022
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Snake
- Origin
- Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / comedian / screenwriter / television actor / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Johnson Senior High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- Daytime Emmy Award
- 2016 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Life with Louie | — |
6. Links
- Official sitehttps://louieanderson.com
- Instagramhttps://www.instagram.com/louieanderson/
- Xhttps://x.com/louieanderson
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louie%20Anderson
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.