Editing Mandy Patinkin (section)

==Early life and education ==
Mandel Bruce Patinkin,<ref name="yah"/> known as Mandy,<ref name="Philly7">{{cite news |last=Rosenfield |first=Wendy |title=Mandy, Patti - real cozy |url=https://www.inquirer.com/philly/entertainment/20071027_Mandy__Patti_-_real_cozy.html |work=[[The Philadelphia Inquirer]] |date=October 27, 2007 |access-date=January 26, 2021}}</ref><ref name="MPnet">{{cite news |title=Meet a guy called Mandy |url=http://www.mandypatinkin.net/ARTICLES/jchron2.html |work=Jewish Chronicle |date=May 17, 1996 |access-date=July 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110719083434/http://www.mandypatinkin.net/ARTICLES/jchron2.html |archive-date=July 19, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> was born in [[Chicago, Illinois]], on November 30, 1952, to Doris Lee "Doralee" (née Sinton) (1925–2014), a [[homemaker]], and Lester Don Patinkin (1919–1972), who operated two large Chicago-area metal factories, the People's Iron & Metal Company and the Scrap Corporation of America.<ref name="yah">{{cite web|year=2008|title=Mandy Patinkin Biography |url=https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800015208/bio|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013035903/https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800015208/bio|archive-date=October 13, 2008|access-date=July 6, 2008|work=Yahoo! Movies}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mandy Patinkin Biography |url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/44/Mandy-Patinkin.html|work=filmreference|year=2008|access-date=July 6, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=January 6, 1952|title=Max Patinkin Killed by Car |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/54490470/|work=Suburbanite Economist|location=Chicago, Illinois|page=29|via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref name=fdr1>Stated on ''[[Finding Your Roots]]'', April 27, 2021</ref> His mother wrote ''Grandma Doralee Patinkin's Jewish Family Cookbook''.<ref name=yah /> Patinkin's cousins include [[Mark Patinkin]], an author and nationally [[Print syndication|syndicated columnist]] for ''[[The Providence Journal]]''; [[Sheldon Patinkin]] of [[Columbia College Chicago]]'s Theater Department, a founder of [[The Second City]];<ref>{{cite web|last=Weber|first=Bruce|date=September 28, 2014 |title=Sheldon Patinkin, Force in Chicago Theater, Dies at 79 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/09/28/arts/sheldon-patinkin-force-in-chicago-theater-dies-at-79.html|work=The New York Times}}</ref> Bonnie Miller Rubin, a ''[[Chicago Tribune]]'' reporter; Laura Patinkin, a New York–based actress; Louis Rosen, a New York–based composer; and Stacy Oliver née Patinkin, a writer and performer.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-10-09 |title=Stacy Oliver, a luminous personality whose encouragement gave people a boost, dead at 52 |url=https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/10/9/21505037/stacy-oliver-obituary |access-date=2024-02-15 |website=Chicago Sun-Times |language=en}}</ref>

Patinkin grew up in an upper-middle-class family, descended from Jewish immigrants from [[Russian Jews|Russia]] and [[Jews in Poland|Poland]], and was raised in [[Conservative Judaism]],<ref name=MPnet/><ref>{{cite news|author=Berrin|first=Danielle|date=January 31, 2008|title=Sondheim and Yiddish songs are 'like prayer' for Patinkin |work=Jewish Journal |url=https://jewishjournal.com/culture/arts/16033/|access-date=February 16, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Levitt|first=Beverly|title=A Lifetime of Seders|work=Jewish Journal |url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/old/mandypatinkin.4.14.0.htm|access-date=July 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430010631/http://www.jewishjournal.com/old/mandypatinkin.4.14.0.htm|archive-date=April 30, 2008}}</ref> attending religious school daily from the age of seven to 13 or 14 and singing in synagogue choirs, as well as attending the Camp Sura in [[Michigan]].<ref name=MPnet/> His father died of [[pancreatic cancer]] in 1972.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Lash|first=Jolie|date=August 24, 2021|title=Mandy Patinkin shares the emotional connection between his 'Princess Bride' role and late father |url=https://ew.com/movies/mandy-patinkin-connection-late-father-princess-bride/|access-date=August 25, 2021|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref><ref name=":2" />

He attended South Shore High School, Harvard St. George School, and Kenwood High School (later renamed [[Kenwood Academy]], where his teachers included [[Lena McLin]]), and graduated in 1970.<ref>{{cite web|author=Wagner|first=Curt|title=Chicago's TV connection: Our small screen stars|url=http://www.redeyechicago.com/entertainment/tv/redeye-chicagos-tv-connection-our-small-screen-stars-20111006,0,7010614.photogallery|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112194302/http://www.redeyechicago.com/entertainment/tv/redeye-chicagos-tv-connection-our-small-screen-stars-20111006,0,7010614.photogallery|archive-date=January 12, 2012|access-date=January 12, 2012|work=Chicago Tribune}} See image 32.</ref> He attended the [[University of Kansas]] and the [[Juilliard School]] (Drama Division ''Group 5'': 1972–1976).<ref>{{cite web|title=Alumni News: November 2011|url=http://www.juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2011-2012/1111/index.php|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718161936/http://juilliard.edu/alumni/news/news_decades/2011-2012/1111/index.php|archive-date=July 18, 2012|website=Juilliard.edu|quote=Mandy Patinkin (Group 5)}}</ref> At Juilliard, he was a classmate of [[Kelsey Grammer]]. When the producers of the sitcom ''[[Cheers]]'' were holding auditions for the role of Dr. [[Frasier Crane]], Patinkin put Grammer's name forward.<ref>{{cite news|last=Ouzounian|first=Richard|title=Kelsey Grammer's return to the Great White Way|url=https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2010/04/24/kelsey_grammers_return_to_the_great_white_way.html|work=The Toronto Star|access-date=December 16, 2013|date=April 24, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929092552/https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/stage/2010/04/24/kelsey_grammers_return_to_the_great_white_way.html|archive-date=September 29, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>