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David Mamet: Quick Facts

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Also Known As David Alan Mamet
Born November 30, 1947 (age 78) • Chicago • Illinois
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works “A Life in the Theatre” • “American Buffalo” • “Glengarry Glen Ross” • “Hannibal” • “Homicide” • “House of Games” • “Redbelt” • “Rising Sun” • “Sexual Perversity in Chicago” • “Speed-the-Plow” • “State and Main” • “The Duck Variations” • “The Postman Always Rings Twice” • “The Spanish Prisoner” • “The Verdict” • “The Winslow Boy” • “Wag the Dog”

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David Mamet wearing glasses and a gray jacket over a black shirt, shown from the shoulders up with a neutral expression.
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Garson Kanin
Garson Kanin
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Joshua Logan
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Sherwood, photograph by Yousuf Karsh
Robert E. Sherwood
American playwright
William Saroyan.
William Saroyan
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Wendy Wasserstein
American playwright
Tyler Perry wearing a black suit and white shirt, holding an award and posing in front of a step and repeat backdrop at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
Tyler Perry
American playwright, actor, screenwriter, producer, and director
Tracy Letts wearing a tuxedo and glasses, smiling and holding his Tony Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role in a Play, standing in front of a Tony Awards backdrop.
Tracy Letts
American actor and playwright
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
American playwright
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor
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Tennessee Williams
American playwright
Neil Simon
Neil Simon
American dramatist
Thornton Wilder
Thornton Wilder
American writer
Foote, Horton
Horton Foote
American playwright and screenwriter
Abbott, George
George Abbott
American director
William Inge, c. 1957.
William Inge
American playwright
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George Kelly
American playwright
Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
American director, writer, and actor
Joan Didion, 1970
Joan Didion
American author
Aaron Sorkin
Aaron Sorkin
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Ossie Davis
Ossie Davis
American actor and playwright