Stan Zbornak

Short Biography

Stan was Dorothy Zbornak's ex-husband, and was, according to Sophia Petrillo, a "yutz", which many characters (including his own mother) called him. They were married in high school in a shotgun wedding, after Dorothy became pregnant during an encounter at a drive-in movie. In one episode, they were said to have honeymooned in Miami, while in another episode, it was said to be the Poconos. He stayed married to Dorothy for 38 years of marriage, but he had affairs with his secretary, and one-night stands with a waitress and another woman. He left Dorothy after he had an affair with a flight attendant named Chrissy (Simone Griffeth), whom he later married and divorced. Stan was also married to a woman named Katherine (Elinor Donahue), but that marriage also disintegrated.Dorothy had her own terms for him. She has called him a "dirtbag, " "barfbag, " "yellow-bellied sleazeball", and a "big bald girl" among various epithets. On numerous occasions Dorothy also lamented his inconsistency at making love, namely his "timing". In fact, their first encounter that resulted in the pregnancy is said, by Dorothy, to have taken only three seconds.Stan made his first appearance on the show in the first season, attending the wedding of his and Dorothy's daughter, Kate.