Jim Varney

Jim Varney's biography

James Albert Varney Jr. is 51 years old stand-up comedian born at Lexington. Jim was born on Wednesday 15th of June 1949. According to year of birth 1949 Jim belongs to Boomers. Birthday on 15th of June means Jim is Gemini. Gemini is a dual sign of Zodiac Belt. One born with this rising sign is very dual and creative in nature with lots of verbosity. They are the most expressive people as they love talking.Jim was married 2 times.

He is native english speaker. He is white american. He is citizen of United States of America. Jim´s primary profession is to be stand-up comedian. You can know Jim also as actor, film producer, writer, screenwriter, singer, musician, dancer, voice actor, comedian. Jim is recently known as television actor.

Jim Varney's family

Jim Varney's ex wifes

Jacqueline Drew

Jim Varney and Jacqueline Drew have been together.

Jane Varney

Jim Varney and Jane Varney have been together.

Jim Varney's schools

We found 2 schools He attended. Complete list of schools: Lafayette High School, Murray State University.

Detailed informations about his schools

• Lived in Lexington, Kentucky while growing up, and graduated from Lafayette Senior High School with the class of 1968. He listed a former teacher, Thelma Beeler, as being one of the main contributing factors in his becoming an actor.

Jim Varney's career

Jim´s main focus is to be stand-up comedian. Jim is famous thanks to Ernest Goes to Camp.

Is Jim Varney gay ?

He is known to be straight.

How did Jim Varney die

Jim died on on Thursday 10th of February 2000 when he was 51 years old at White House. Jim Varneys death was caused by lung cancer. It happend like natural causes.

Awards and competitions

Jim Varney's Nominations

• He was nominated for Golden Raspberry Award for Worst New Star for work Ernest Goes to Camp in 1988

What Jim Varney has done for a first time

• Standup comedy launched his TV career. His first national appearance came at age 25, when he embarked on the talk show circuit, that included The Merv Griffin Show (1962) and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962).
• Studied Shakespeare at the Barter Theatre in Virginia and performed in a folk show during Opryland's first year of operation
• Was the voice of slinky dog in the first two toy story movies.
• Many people were pleasantly surprised to learn Varney had a rich baritone singing voice. As an example, Varney himself sang the song "Gee, I'm Glad It's Raining" in Ernest Goes To Camp, which he nailed on the very first take on set.

Jim Varney's quotes

• Life's just a bus stop to somewhere infinitely better.
• [On making Ernest Scared Stupid] I loved it. As a kid, anything that gave me nightmares I had to watch.
• I started to do a study on how not to do stand-up comedy. Yeah, it's lonely work. You die, you die alone. It's you, the light, and the audience. If you win, you win big. If you lose, you lose big time.
• I like to sing. I write music. Country songs. You have to if you're in Nashville. It's part of the lease. You sign a lease that says, I will write country songs and pay my rent on time.
• I'd like to do a piece of Shakespeare. Any upcoming Shakespeare film. Just a bit to say I did a classic.
• [After being asked if he was a chain smoker] Nah, I'm not a chain smoker. they're real hard to light, and you have to carry that big torch around.
• On how fortunate he was to play Ernest. Where else can you get paid to chainsaw a turkey?
• Ernest is a neighbor or relative that we've all had at one time. He's abrasive, but he doesn't mean to be. He gets excited and ends up standing on your toes. I try to make him clownish and I don't want him too low key; and he's physically funny.
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Jim Varney's height, body shape, eye color

Lets describe how Jim Varney looks. We will focus on his height, body shape, eye color and hair color. He is tall as 6' 1" (185 cm). Body build is slim. His eyes are tinted brown - dark. His hair is shade of salt and pepper.