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Lloyd Richards 2006 Deaths

Lloyd RichardsAge: 87 pioneering force in theater and Broadway's first African American director who staged the premiere production of Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun in 1959. He…

Ray Walston 2001 Deaths

Ray WalstonAge: 86 versatile, eccentric actor who won a Tony Award for his role as the Devil in Broadway's Damn Yankees. He may have in fact sold his soul to Satan when he signed on to play…

Jerry Orbach 2004 Deaths

Jerry OrbachAge: 69 television and stage actor who played Detective Lennie Briscoe on NBC's Law & Order for 12 seasons. He won a Tony in 1969 for acting in Promises, Promises and appeared…

Arthur Miller

Playwright Arthur Miller wrote Death of a Salesman (1949) and The Crucible (1953). Miller grew up in New York City and began writing plays in the 1930s, while still a student at the University of…

Irene Ryan

Name at birth: Irene NobletteIrene Ryan was a favorite with TV viewers as Granny, the feisty, shotgun-toting old bird on the sitcom The Beverly Hillbillies. Irene Ryan already had enjoyed a long…

Peter Pan

Peter Pan is the mischievous hero of J.M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan. Peter is "the boy who never grew up," a fantastical figure who visits the bedroom of the Darling children (Wendy, John and…

John Lithgow

John LithgowactorBorn: 10/19/1945Birthplace: Rochester, New York Tony Award-winning stage, television and film actor known for his dry humor. His films include The World According to Garp (…

Jeremy Irons Biography

Jeremy IronsactorBorn: 9/19/1948Birthplace: Isle of Wight, England Academy and Tony Award-winning film, stage and televsion actor known for his intensity and patrician cool. His films include The…

Tony Kushner Biography

Tony KushnerplaywrightBorn: July 1956Birthplace: Lake Charles, Louisiana Tony Award-and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright known for his plays that politicize the AIDS crisis. His works…

John Lithgow Biography

John LithgowactorBorn: 10/19/1945Birthplace: Rochester, New York Tony Award-winning stage, television and film actor known for his dry humor. His films include The World According to Garp (…