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Danny DeVito is an actor who is known for his many roles. He is someone that various generations love and admire. The actor made his movie debut in the 1970s. Since then he has had a tremendously successful career and has starred in several highly proclaimed movies and television shows including the hit sitcom Taxi.<\/p>\n
In 1971, he met his future wife Rhea Perlman while he was working on Broadway.<\/p>\n
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DeVito and Perlman both grew up on the east coast. Danny was born in 1944 in Neptune, New Jersey, while Rhea was welcomed to the world four years later in Brooklyn, New York.<\/p>\n
Growing up, DeVito was teased because of his height.<\/p>\n
\u201cI was plagued; I couldn\u2019t slow-dance with the girls I wanted to because my face would be in a spot where I might be thought of as moving too fast,\u201d he told Far Out Magazine.<\/p>\n
Rhea knew she wanted to leave Brooklyn, and eventually moved to Manhattan to attend Hunter College, where she majored in drama.<\/p>\n
For DeVito, the road to professional acting is perhaps best described as a kiss from lady luck herself.<\/p>\n
He had worked at his sister\u2019s hair salon for two years before taking makeup classes at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York. Only, there was a caveat to attending those classes \u2026 regardless of what course you were studying at the Academy, you had to perform a monologue.<\/p>\n
Low and behold, the teachers were so impressed by DeVito that they suggested that he switch to start acting classes instead. In 1966, he graduated from the American Academy.<\/p>\n
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Thus did both Rhea Perlman and Danny DeVito start working as actors. Rhea stayed on the east coast doing Off-Broadway plays, while Danny tried his luck in Hollywood. Needless to say, things didn\u2019t end up quite as he thought they would.<\/p>\n
\u201cI worked as a car parker, and I hung around the Sunset Strip with all the flower children,\u201d he recalled. \u201cI haShutterstockd long hair, and I wore a raincoat and sneakers, and I fit right in. But I wanted to act.\u201d<\/p>\n
In the end, DeVito decided to return to New York City and work in Off-Broadway plays. Then, in 1970, Rhea and Danny\u2019s paths crossed for the first time.<\/p>\n
One night, Rhea and her friend went to see an Off-Broadway play Danny DeVito happened to be starring in. He played the role of a demented stable boy who could only speak in monosyllables. For her part, Rhea found it very attractive.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe sang a song that didn\u2019t make any sense at all,\u201d Rhea told The Daily Times in 1983. \u201cIt was like a mating call. I knew I had to meet him if he wasn\u2019t married. So we arranged a date.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rhea and Danny DeVito went out after the show and and immediately hit it off.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe was a lot more fun and a lot more sexy,\u201d Rhea told People in 1983.<\/p>\n
\u201cShe was vibrant, with a great sense of humor, and real warm,\u201d Danny added.<\/p>\n
They were romantically involved with one another for quite a while before they decided to tie the knot in 1982. The year following their wedding, they welcomed their eldest daughter Lucy Grace.<\/p>\n
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