Comedic Performers Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-02 · 10 entries checked · 9 flagged · 18 issues confirmed · 9 corrected · 9 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Gilda Radner — The entry says her father died of a brain tumor when she was 14, but he died in 1962 when she was 15 or 16.

Gracie Allen — The entry states the 1900 Census suggests Allen was born in 1896, but the census actually shows her age as 4 in June 1900, supporting a birth year of 1895.

Graham Norton — The entry states Norton won the BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance in 2007, but the award was first given in 2008 for the 2007 season; his first win was in 2008 (for the 2007 season).

Groucho Marx — The entry incorrectly states the birth order of the Marx Brothers: Groucho was the third-born, after Chico (first) and Harpo (second), not second-born after Chico and before Harpo.

Groucho Marx — The entry claims Groucho was born above a butcher shop on East 93rd Street, but historical records show the family lived at 179 East 93rd Street, which was not a butcher shop; this is a known embellishment, not a documented fact.

Harpo Marx — Harpo's first released screen appearance was not Humor Risk (1926); that film was never released and is considered lost. His first released film was The Cocoanuts (1929).

Harpo Marx — Harpo did not speak a line in Too Many Kisses (1925); that film was silent with no spoken dialogue. The claim of a spoken line in a silent film with sound-on-disc is incorrect.

Al Franken — The entry says Franken left SNL in 1995 because he was not offered the Weekend Update anchor role, which went to Norm Macdonald; in reality, Norm Macdonald became anchor in 1994, and Franken left for other reasons.

Al Franken — The entry states that a federal judge found Franken's book lawsuit 'wholly without merit' in a different context; the judge's ruling directly dismissed O'Reilly's lawsuit as 'wholly without merit', so the 'different context' phrasing is inaccurate.

Alan Young — The entry states Young won two Emmy Awards in 1951, but he actually won two Emmy Awards in 1950.

Alan Young — The entry says his first major American radio appearance was on the Philco Radio Hall of Fame in 1945, but his first major American radio appearance was on The Eddie Cantor Show in 1944.

Alberto Sordi — The claim that he recorded a disc of children's fairy tales in 1936 is unverified and likely invented

Alberto Sordi — The claim that he was hired to dub Oliver Hardy in 1937 and debuted in 1939 with 'Below Zero' is inaccurate: his first dubbing of Hardy was in a different film and year

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