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Gwen Verdon

Gwen Verdon was considered Broadway's best dancer in the 1950s and 1960s, when she starred in hit shows like Damn Yankees (1955) andSweet Charity (1966). Known especially for her impudent verve and…

Ian McKellen

Ian McKellen won acclaim as a member of Laurence Olivier's National Theater Company in the 1960s and later as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company. On film his best-known appearances have included…

Tom O'Horgan Biography

theater directorDied: January 11, 2009 (Florida, USA) Best Known as: director of "Hair" Tom O'Horgan, an innovative stage and screen director,…

Joseph Maher 1998 Deaths

Joseph MaherAge: 64 actor of the stage and screen who held the record for the most Tony award nominations for supporting actor.Died: July 17, 1998.Sadie MageeM - QEarl (The Goat) Manigault…

Hal Holbrook

Name at birth: Harold Rowe Holbrook, Jr.Veteran stage and TV actor Hal Holbrook is best known as the lanky powerhouse who's been playing Mark Twain in theaters since the 1950s. His one-man show,…

Bill Maher

Bill Maher is a stand-up comedian and a self-made political savant on the TV shows Politically Incorrect and Real Time with Bill Maher. He grew up in New Jersey, graduated from Cornell University in…

Lena Horne

A pioneer among African-American performers, Lena Horne had the talent, beauty and ambition to crack the race barrier in Hollywood in the 1940s. A smooth singer of bluesy ballads, Lena Horne…

Freddy Wittop 2001 Deaths

Freddy WittopAge: 89 Tony Award-winning costume designer who created the splendid crimson gown and headpiece Carol Channing wore in Hello, Dolly!Died: Atlantis, Fla., Feb. 2, 2001Harrison A…

Lynne Thigpen 2003 Deaths

Lynne ThigpenAge: 54 actress who won a Tony Award for her role in An American Daughter. She starred in the CBS drama The District. Died: Los Angeles, March 12, 2003Wilfred ThesigerR - ZStrom…

Alan Bates 2003 Deaths

Alan BatesAge: 69 British film, television, and stage actor who won two Tony Awards. His films include Zorba the Greek and An Unmarried Woman. Died: London, Dec. 27, 2003Hank BallardA -…